دانلود مقاله ISI انگلیسی شماره 104999
عنوان انگلیسی
‘Doing the right thing: How social science can help foster pro-environmental behaviour change in marine protected areas
کد مقاله سال انتشار تعداد صفحات مقاله انگلیسی
104999 2017 11 صفحه PDF
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)

Journal : Marine Policy, Volume 81, July 2017, Pages 236-246

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چکیده انگلیسی

Managers of marine protected areas (MPAs) are constantly challenged to encourage positive user behaviour to minimise impacts on marine ecosystems while allowing recreational use. Yet, some marine users continue to act in ways that diminish conservation values of the area. Drawing on social psychological theories, this paper presents a case for informed behaviour change strategies to reduce problem behaviours in MPAs and contribute to conservation efforts. Social psychological drivers of behaviour are explained and applied to an MPA context to demonstrate how they can inform strategies for predicting and changing behaviour using persuasive communication. As behavioural and persuasive communication theories are seldom invoked and almost never rigorously applied to MPAs, the review offers new theoretical and practical insights into how they can assist MPA management to target and shift specific behaviours that ultimately support marine park values.