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Wilderness

Rural and Urban Attitudes and Perceptions

Selkirk College, British Columbia, Canada

Paul Simpson-Housley

York University, Ontario, Canada

Anton F. Deman

Bishop’s University, Quebec, Canada

Seventy-five urban and 75 rural residents participated in a study of attitudes toward and perceptions of wilderness. Results of an attitude questionnaire indicated that both rural and urban respondents expressed a positive attitude toward wilderness and a relatively high degree of environmental concern. However, the findings of a photo task demonstrated that the two populations responded to the questionnaire on the basis of a different understanding of what constitutes wilderness; that is, respondents from the two areas perceived the same environment in different ways.

Environment and Behavior, Vol. 31, No. 2, 259-266 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/00139169921972092


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