Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T14:56:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Myrt Thania de Souza Cruz.pdf: 1638665 bytes, checksum: daba94bb90ca2caf5224730795b080fc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-03-12 / The objective of this thesis is to comprehend the process of disarticulation threat and dissolution of communities in the semiarid region of the Chapada Diamatina plateau. A systematic study was made, using as an example an area denominated Cercado, situated on top of the Serra do Cigano, following the horse trail that leads to the San Francisco River. The study seeks to reconstruct the history of the colonization of that region, strongly marked by despotism, materialized through the phenomena of bossing and coerced votes. From the local residents, tales of the fight for existence and life maintenance in that region were retrieved. Eminently verbal, the narratives were based on the memory of those still in the region and others that have left. The social relations reproduction process under the shelter of the merchant world has brought serious consequences to the rural communities of the Chapada Diamantina plateau which live in a mere subsistence agrarian economy, degrading their way of life and not rarely leading to their dissolution. The continual struggle of these people in search of ways to satisfy their needs promotes solidary practices that make viable to live in the semiarid nature, although this does not guarantee the preservation of their ways of life in the face of the transformations generated by modern times. As a consequence of the difficulties imposed by the disarticulation process, the singularity of their life experience makes them active historical agents in their settlement, in working the land, in putting together their tasks and in the resistance to maintain their knowledge about medicinal plants, folklore costumes and their religiousness / Esta tese objetiva compreender o processo de ameaça de desarticulação e dissolução de comunidades do semi-árido da Chapada Diamantina. Foi feito estudo sistemático tomando como exemplo uma localidade denominada Cercado, situada no topo da Serra do Cigano, às margens da trilha cavaleira que dá acesso ao rio São Francisco. O estudo procura reconstruir a história do processo de povoamento da região, fortemente marcado pelo coronelismo materializado através dos fenômenos de mandonismo e voto de cabresto. Junto com seus moradores, recupera narrativas sobre a história da luta pela existência e manutenção da vida no lugar. De cunho eminentemente oral, as narrativas foram viabilizadas a partir da memória dos que lá vivem e também dos que migraram. O processo de reprodução das relações sociais, sob a égide do mundo da mercadoria, tem trazido sérias conseqüências para as comunidades rurais da Chapada Diamantina que vivem numa economia agrária de subsistência, degradando seu modo de vida e, não raro, conduzindo para sua dissolução. A incessante luta das pessoas em busca da satisfação de suas necessidades fornece consagração de práticas solidárias que viabilizam a convivência com a natureza semi-árida, mas não garante a manutenção dos modos de vida face às transformações decorrentes da modernidade. Frente às dificuldades impostas pelo processo de desarticulação, a singularidade de suas vivências os inscreve como agentes históricos ativos na construção de fazeres, no enraizamento e lida com a terra e na resistência pela manutenção dos conhecimentos das plantas medicinais, festejos, costumes e religiosidade

Does our cultural background colour our perception of nature? And if so, can it be seen when asked about early childhood memories? These were some of the starting questions I was pondering over after a walk in the forest with 5 women from different continents. Even if we were about same age, it was quite clear that what we saw and how we perceived the surroundings differed. At this time, I got a book written by Bruno Latour and as his thought was intriguing, I wanted to test my understanding of his actor-network theory and search for traits that could explain the difference in our perception by following his advice. This was not as easy as it seemed. My material is based on interviews with three women in their 60´s and early 70´s done during October 2018. They told about their early childhood memory of nature. I used this material to follow the connections back in time and between actors of importance in their environs. I could also find trails that followed them until this day. I have also discussed different aspects of the use of narrative as a tool to make the reality understandable for the individual. How interpretation evolves during life to maintain the importance of one’s life in time and space. Words have the ability to imbed events in a bigger narrative and in that way let things be remembered for the future. How we react to events do depend on both cultural and biological factors and our interpretation of the situation is something that may have duration during our whole life. A tiny thing such as a blueberry can have a huge importance as one of the women told me. I found that a simple question revealed an astonishing amount of information that could be tracked down in time. Cultural tradition could be seen, and trails of family history were observable. Also, nature preferences turned out to have been established early. All three talked about the importance of their type of nature throughout their life, but what they preferred differed. What one of the women found preferable was totally indifferent for one of the others and the source was to be found in these important childhood memories. I have used research from several scientific disciplines and authors as Latour, Bell, Ellen, Frykman, Daun, Saltzman, Ulrich, Kaplan and others. The point of departure is ethnology, but other areas are visited during this study due to the fact that, as I argue, everything is connected, following Bruno Latour in his actor-network theory.

RIBEIRO, Lucíola Limaverde. Afetos em construção: narrativas e processos de apropriação do espaço pelos moradores da Cidade 2000. 2015. 114f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia, Fortaleza (CE), 2015. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-07-30T11:23:44Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_dis_llribeiro.pdf: 2044980 bytes, checksum: ee444aca7f315355fed9287a4b334fcd (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-07-30T13:13:24Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_dis_llribeiro.pdf: 2044980 bytes, checksum: ee444aca7f315355fed9287a4b334fcd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-30T13:13:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_dis_llribeiro.pdf: 2044980 bytes, checksum: ee444aca7f315355fed9287a4b334fcd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / This research investigates the affects between the interviewees and the environment where they live, a neighbourhood called Cidade 2000. We aim to identify and analyse, in the narratives of the residents, the affects about the neighbourhood to understand the processes of appropriation of space and esteem for the place. Cidade 2000 is a housing project built on the eastern periphery of Fortaleza in the 1970s. The countryside atmosphere of Cidade 2000 is consistent with the nature of its population, partly made up of migrants who came from the countryside to Fortaleza during the twentieth century. In the past it was isolated from the city and nestled amid an uninhabited area, then called Sítio Cocó. Following the expansion of Fortaleza eastwards Cidade 2000 turned out to be absorbed by the urban area of the capital. The theoretical background of this work was to use concepts of social and environmental psychology, having as the basis the concept of affectivity, from the theory of the authors Spinoza, Vygotsky and Sawaia. The discussion about affectivity and space was based on the concept of esteem for the place, which evaluates empowering and disempowering feelings and emotions in the relationship between person and environment. Narrative interviews were utilised as the methodology. They were conducted with five residents who have been living in Cidade 2000 since the decade of its opening in the 1970s. The interviewees were three males and two females, aged between 46 and 85 years. The results of the research point to a place attachment between the interviewees and their neighbourhood in which one can infer the existence of a sense of security that allows a feeling of belonging and identification by the locals with the public spaces. While Fortaleza as a metropolis grows, generating a fast pace of life, fear and a gap that separates us from the community and from each other, at Cidade 2000 people still stop to experience the city, occupying squares, streets and sidewalks, staying there until late into the night. Despite the small number of interviewees, it can be inferred from the narratives a positive esteem for the place, putting Cidade 2000’s experience as an outstanding example within the urban development context. / Esta dissertação investiga os afetos de moradores da Cidade 2000 em relação ao ambiente onde vivem. Buscamos identificar e analisar nas narrativas dos moradores os afetos com o bairro para compreender os processos de apropriação do espaço e estima de lugar. A Cidade 2000 é um conjunto habitacional construído na zona leste de Fortaleza na década de 1970. O aspecto interiorano da Cidade 2000 condiz com a natureza de sua população, em parte composta por migrantes que vieram do sertão para a capital ao longo do século XX. Antes isolada da cidade e encravada em meio a uma área não habitada, a Cidade 2000 acabou por se inserir na malha urbana da capital com a expansão de Fortaleza na direção leste. Nesta investigação, utilizaram-se os aportes teóricos da psicologia social e ambiental, tendo como base a categoria afetividade em uma perspectiva histórico-cultural, a partir da teoria de Spinoza, Vygostsky e Sawaia. A relação entre a afetividade e o lugar foi compreendida considerando a estima de lugar, conceito que avalia sentimentos e emoções potencializadoras e despotencializadoras na relação pessoa-ambiente. A metodologia utilizada foi a de entrevistas narrativas realizadas com cinco moradores que vivem na Cidade 2000 desde a década de sua inauguração, os anos 1970. Os entrevistados, sendo três do sexo masculino e dois do feminino, tinham idade entre 46 e 85 anos. Os resultados da pesquisa apontaram para a existência de afetos potencializadores que propiciaram avaliar a presença de uma relação de pertencimento entre os narradores e o bairro pela sensação de segurança, afeto este que facilita processos de apropriação e de identificação com os espaços públicos por parte dos moradores. Enquanto a metrópole Fortaleza se agiganta, gerando uma pressa e um medo, um distanciamento que nos afasta da cidade e uns dos outros, na Cidade 2000 as pessoas ainda param para viver a cidade, ocupando as praças, ruas e calçadas, conversando até tarde da noite. Apesar de ter sido relativamente pequena a amostra de moradores ouvidos, a partir das falas desses entrevistados pode-se inferir uma estima de lugar positiva, colocando a experiência da Cidade 2000 como um exemplo de destaque dentro do contexto urbano.

SOUZA , Ricardo Angelo de Andrade. Afetividade de adolescentes praticantes de atividades esportivas com relação ao seu bairro. 2009. 93f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Psicologia) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Psicologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Fortaleza-CE, 2009. / Submitted by moises gomes (celtinha_malvado@hotmail.com) on 2012-05-08T18:45:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_dis_RAASOUZA.pdf: 1056187 bytes, checksum: da7b1e49e34bfb511aabeefdca3cfb64 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2012-06-15T16:14:29Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_dis_RAASOUZA.pdf: 1056187 bytes, checksum: da7b1e49e34bfb511aabeefdca3cfb64 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-06-15T16:14:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_dis_RAASOUZA.pdf: 1056187 bytes, checksum: da7b1e49e34bfb511aabeefdca3cfb64 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Sport and/or sportive activities as a whole should be accepted not only as a possibility of improving socio-economic conditions but also as instruments that trigger ever-increasing affects within individual-object relationship. Affective map (BOMFIM 2003) was the instrument this study used to analyze how affects arise in individual-sport-environment relationship. The research used a survey of nineteen 12-to-17 years-old teenagers who practice sportive activities and attend to a NGO (non governmental organization) named ARCA (Associação Recreativa e Esportiva para Crianças e Adolescentes). Therefore the sense of this study was verifying how sport arises at the neighborhood through Affective map gathering information from teenagers who practice systematic sportive activities. The work focused sportive experience related to the neighborhood from affective axe. Thus such concept was theoretically based on Lane and Sawaia (1994) Sawaia (2000, 2004) and also on Sport psychology (SAMULSKI 2002 WEINBERG & GOULD 2001). As results the research found that the most part of teenagers suggested both in qualitatively part and in Likert scale of affective maps contrasts images pleasure pertinence and destruction. In both analyses the contrasts image showed the highest mean according to descriptive statistics. Findings are evidence that sport even quoted in constrasting images is entailed to positive esteem since qualitative analysis of affective maps points that such practices arise as counterparts of negative aspects concerning to the neighborhood as violence drugs and pollution. Besides frequencies obtained with Likert scale of pleasure and pertinence suggest that sportive practice can generate other positive affects related to the neighborhood. Hence the study stresses that sport as a whole can lead teens not only to the highest place of a podium but also to an improvement in the relationship with their place of living aiding to establish new possibilities within the new horizon opened around them. Still psychology specifically Environmental Psychology can also help in this way this challenge this new environment that sport represents / O esporte e/ou as atividades esportivas como um todo deveriam ser vistos não somente como possibilidade de melhora de condições sócio-econômicas mas também como instrumentos geradores de afetos potencializadores na relação pessoa-ambiente. Para a realização desta pesquisa foi utilizado o instrumento gerador do Mapa afetivo (BOMFIM 2003) que possibilita ao investigador analisar como os afetos surgem na relação sujeito-esporte-ambiente. A pesquisa utilizou-se de um censo constituído por 19 adolescentes na faixa etária de 12 à 17 anos de idade praticantes de atividades esportivas e que freqüentam uma ONG (Organização-Não-Governamental) chamada ARCA (Associação Recreativa e Esportiva para Crianças e Adolescentes). Neste sentido, o eixo de minha dissertação foi procurar verificar como o esporte surge no bairro a partir do instrumento do mapa afetivo (BOMFIM 2003) por adolescentes praticantes de atividades esportivas sistemáticas. Foi analisada a vivência esportiva relacionada ao bairro por intermédio do eixo da afetividade. Para tanto esse conceito foi enfocado dentro de um posicionamento fundamentado em Lane e Sawaia (1994) Sawaia (2000 2004) e também na psicologia do esporte (SAMULSKI 2002 WEINBERG & GOULD 2001). Como resultado da pesquisa observou-se que a maior parte dos entrevistados sugeriu tanto na parte qualitativa quanto na escala likert dos mapas afetivos imagens de contraste agradabilidade pertinência e destruição. Sendo que em ambas as análises a imagem de contrastes obteve uma maior média segundo a estatística descritiva. Os resultados indicam que o esporte mesmo sendo citado em imagens contrastantes está vinculado com estima positiva pois na análise qualitativa dos mapas afetivos percebe-se que estas práticas surgem em contraposição aos aspectos negativos relacionados ao bairro tais como violência drogase poluição. Além disso a freqüências obtidas na escala Likert de imagens de agradabilidade e pertinência sugerem que a prática esportiva também pode ser geradora de outros afetos positivos em relação ao bairro. Dessa forma foi verificado que o esporte como um todo tem a possibilidade de levar os adolescentes não somente ao lugar mais alto de um pódio mas sim à uma melhora na relação com seu local de moradia ajudando a estabelecer novos vínculos e novas possibilidades diante do horizonte que se abre a sua volta e que a Psicologia mais especificamente a Psicologia Ambiental também pode ajudar nesse caminho nesse desafio nesse novo ambiente que seria o esporte

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-03T15:40:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VivianySP_DISSERT.pdf: 549151 bytes, checksum: 1e2dd7da6b78700b33600428b516b5fa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-03-31 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The human being has a fundamental role in issues concerning scarcity of energy resources as well as in the success of technologies which favor the use of renewable sources, such as wind energy. But what does wind energy mean for people? What are the psychological meanings concerning this term? Aiming to answer these questions, the general objective of this dissertation was to identify and to analyze the knowledge about wind energy taking into account a network of psychological meanings. One hundred and ninety one (191) university students from Natal-RN participated in the study, being male the majority (53%); aged between 17 and 51 years old (M=23.3 years; SD=5.7). Participants responded to self reports using the Natural Semantic Networks (NSW) technique, as well as to several sociodemographic questions. The results showed a consistent, positive and useful general semantic network. In this semantic network, knowledge about wind energy was represented by words that correspond to the appeal of (pro) environmental stance (e.g., clean and nature), that evinced both the technological aspect (e.g., force) and the economic aspect (e.g., economy). Results from different groups were also analyzed. The first set of groups (non-environemental and environmental) was divided considering the course (e.g., ecology and economy). The second set of groups(non-caretaker and caretaker) was divided based on the practice of environmental care expressed. Subtle differences were observed in the semantic networks of caretakers, who emphasized environment, an attribute not mentioned by non-caretakes. This indicates a construction of knowledge that is influenced by the presence or absence of the environmental commitment. Such findings may be useful in the construction of instruments for surveys and in the development of public and educational policies. Additionally, they may assist the media towards a more objective performance concerning wind energy / O ser humano tem um papel fundamental tanto nas quest?es relacionadas ? escassez dos recursos energ?ticos como no sucesso das tecnologias que favorecem o uso de fontes renov?veis, como a energia e?lica. Mas o que as pessoas entendem por energia e?lica? Quais os significados psicol?gicos atribu?dos a este termo? Para responder estas perguntas foi definido como objetivo geral da disserta??o identificar e analisar o conhecimento sobre energia e?lica a partir de uma rede de significados psicol?gicos. Participaram 191 estudantes universit?rios da cidade de Natal-RN, sendo a maioria do sexo masculino (53%), com idades variando de 17 a 51 anos (M = 23,3 anos; DP = 5,7). Esses responderam ? t?cnica de auto-relato conhecida como Redes Sem?nticas Naturais (RSN), al?m de perguntas sociodemogr?ficas. Os resultados analisados a partir de uma an?lise explorat?ria, identificaram uma rede sem?ntica geral consistente, positiva e ?til. Nela, o conhecimento sobre energia e?lica ? representado por palavras que atendem ao apelo (pr?-) ambiental (ex. limpa e natureza), que evidenciam o aspecto tecnol?gico (ex. for?a) e o aspecto econ?mico (ex. economia). Os resultados tamb?m foram analisados a partir de diferentes grupos. O primeiro bloco de grupos (n?o-ambiental e ambiental) foi dividido a partir do curso (ex. ecologia e economia). O segundo bloco de grupos (n?o-cuidadores e cuidadores), foi dividido em fun??o do n?vel de comprometimento ambiental expressado. Foram observadas diferen?as sut?s nas redes sem?nticas dos cuidadores, que, por exemplo, enfatizaram meio ambiente, atributo n?o mencionado pelos n?o-cuidadores. Isso sinaliza uma constru??o do conhecimento influenciada pela presen?a, ou aus?ncia, do comprometimento ambiental. Tais achados poder?o se mostrar ?teis na constru??o de instrumentos para survey, no desenvolvimento de pol?ticas p?blicas e educacionais, al?m de auxiliar uma atua??o mais objetiva da m?dia frente ? energia e?lica

Submitted by Marilene Donadel (marilene.donadel@unioeste.br) on 2018-06-05T23:45:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabricio_Rufato_2018.pdf: 1993386 bytes, checksum: 1ee5b8f9c494afe436df9803cf753fc0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-05T23:45:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabricio_Rufato_2018.pdf: 1993386 bytes, checksum: 1ee5b8f9c494afe436df9803cf753fc0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-15 / The environmental relationship in children provides greater welfare in childhood favoring greater human development and quality of life. Thus, this dissertation aimed to analyze if the items of the Place Attachment (PAS), Place Identity (PIS) and Environmental Satisfaction (CESS) in children are predictors of Personal Welfare (PWI-SC). The study included 886 children, and 54.13% girls and 45.87% boys with a mean age of 10.66 years (SD 0.62). Two studies were carried out: first a quantitative study, where as instrument were used the scales of Attachment to Place (PAS) α = 0.78, Place Identity (PIS) α = 0.79, Child Satisfaction (CESS) α = 0.66, α = 0.62 and Personal Well-Being Index-School Children (PWI-SC) α = 0.74. Data were analyzed quantitatively through multiple linear regression (Stepwise Method) and Student's t-Test. The results indicated that the items (environmental satisfaction), I am satisfied with the cleanliness of the school; I am happy when I am in contact with nature; I am satisfied with the separation of the trash (recycling) in my house; I am happy when I spend time with animals; and the items (attachment to the place), I would be very sorry if I had to move to another neighborhood and, I like to live in my neighborhood, are able to explain 25% of personal welfare in children. The average of welfare, attachment to the place and environmental satisfaction were compared by gender, and there was a significant difference only in the connectivity factor for the environmental satisfaction scale. The boys presented higher averages in this construct, which can be explained by the fact that they play more outside the house than the girls, in activities like fishing, activities with the parents, to ride of bicycle, etc. Subsequently, in the second article, a quantitative and qualitative study was carried out. The means of personal well-being by schools were compared through the t-test and Anova, and the results indicated significant differences between schools in the items related to health, safety, relationships with people, and things they have. Finally, the children's perception of the environment in which they live and the concepts of welfare, attachment to place, place identity and environmental satisfaction were analyzed qualitatively through the focal group technique. Four groups of the sixth year, from four schools of the public network of Cascavel-PR, located in the central, intermediate and peripheral regions participated in the research. It was found that children relate the influence of attachment and place identity to well-being, as well as being aware of environmental problems and cited attitudes toward daily actions of environmental intervention. This dissertation has helped to draw attention to the importance of the environment for children, as well as the importance of considering these issues in school, family and public policy, in order to promote a better quality of life for children. / O relacionamento ambiental em crianças proporciona maior bem-estar na infância favorecendo maior desenvolvimento humano e qualidade de vida. Assim, esta dissertação teve como objetivo analisar quais variáveis relativas ao apego ao lugar, identidade de lugar e satisfação ambiental são preditoras de bem-estar pessoal. Participaram do estudo 886 crianças, sendo 54,13% meninas e 45,87% meninos com média de idade de 10,66 anos (DP 0,62). Foi realizado dois estudos: primeiro um estudo quantitativo, onde como instrumento foram utilizadas as escalas Apego ao Lugar α=0,78, Identidade de Lugar α=0,79, Escala Infantil de Satisfação Ambiental (α=0,66, α=0,62) e Personal Well-Being Index-School Children α=0,74. Os dados foram analisados quantitativamente, através de regressão linear múltipla (Método Stepwise) e Teste t de Student. Os resultados indicaram que os itens (satisfação ambiental), estou satisfeito com a limpeza da escola; fico feliz quando estou em contato com a natureza; estou satisfeito com a separação do lixo (reciclagem) na minha casa; fico feliz quando passo tempo com os animais; e os itens (apego ao lugar), eu sentiria muito se tivesse que me mudar para outro bairro e, eu gosto de viver no meu bairro são capazes de explicar 25% do bem-estar pessoal em crianças. As médias do bem-estar, apego ao lugar e satisfação ambiental foram comparadas por sexo, sendo que houve diferença significativa apenas no fator conectividade para a escala de satisfação ambiental. Os meninos apresentaram maiores médias nesse construto, o que pode ser explicado pelo fato de brincarem mais fora de casa do que as meninas, em atividades como pesca, afazeres com os pais, andar de bicicleta, etc. Posteriormente, no segundo artigo, foi realizado estudo quantitativo e qualitativo. Comparou-se as médias do bem-estar pessoal por escolas através do Teste t e Anova, sendo que os resultados indicaram diferenças significativas entre as escolas nos itens relacionados à saúde, segurança, relacionamento com as pessoas, e coisas que possuem. Por fim, analisou-se qualitativamente a percepção das crianças em relação ao ambiente em que vivem e sobre os conceitos de bem-estar, apego ao lugar, identidade de lugar e satisfação ambiental, através da técnica do grupo focal. Participaram quatro turmas do sexto ano de quatro escolas da rede pública de Cascavel-PR, localizadas nas regiões central, intermediária e periférica. Constatou-se que as crianças relacionam a influência do apego e da identidade de lugar ao bem-estar, como também possuem consciência dos problemas ambientais e citaram atitudes voltadas a ações cotidianas de intervenção ambiental. Essa dissertação contribuiu para chamar atenção sobre a importância que o meio ambiente adquire para as crianças, e também a relevância em serem consideradas essas questões no âmbito escolar, familiar e de políticas públicas, para promoverem maior qualidade de vida para as crianças.

In order to slow down, if not stop, climate change, we all need to contribute to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. This knowledge has been with us for a long time, but nevertheless emissions have not decreased, but rather increased. To understand the reason why we don't act in line with what we know, we need to study behaviors. In this paper we focus on behaviors at the individual level. The gap that exists between what we know and what we do has many names where it is studied from different perspectives, and to understand what creates this gap is very complex. There is therefore not just one answer to this question and many different complementary theories and models are needed. The majority of the studies carried out on the subject examine perceptionsof the gap among people without higher education in environmental science, which has contributed to knowledge being, in many cases,seen as one of the main contributing factors to inaction.In our study, we want to contribute with a perspective on the gapin people who already have a higher education in environmental science. We conducted a qualitative study with three focus group interviews with environmental science students at Linköping University. The results show that, despite higher education and knowledge, there are variousindividual, structural and responsibility factors thathinder individuals fromactingenvironmentally friendly. Throughout the analysis the situational aspect comes into play and that knowledge of the complexity of environmental and climate issues can in many cases contribute to inaction. / För att kunna bromsa, om inte stoppa, klimatförändringarna behöver vi alla bidra till att minska våra växthusgasutsläpp. Denna vetskap har funnits med oss länge, men trots det har inte utsläppen minskat utan snarare ökat. För att förstå orsaken till varför vi inte agerar i linje med vad vi vet behöver vi studera beteenden. I denna uppsats fokuserar vi på beteenden på individnivå. Det gap som finns mellan vad vi vet och vad vi gör har många namn (e.g. value-action gap, attitude-behavior gap) där man studerar det utifrån olika perspektiv. Att förstå vad som skapar detta gap är mycket komplext. Det finns därmed inte ett rätt svar på denna fråga utan det behövs många olika kompletterande teorier och modeller. Majoriteten av de studier som gjorts undersöker uppfattningar om gapet hos personer utan högre utbildning inom miljövetenskap. Vilket har bidragit till att bristande kunskap i många fall setts som en av de största bidragande faktorerna till overksamhet. Vi vill därmed i vår studie bidra med ett perspektiv på gapet utifrån personer som redan har en högre utbildning inom miljövetenskap, och kallar således gapet för knowledge-action gap. Vi genomförde en kvalitativ studie med tre fokusgruppsintervjuer med miljövetarstudenter från Linköpings universitet. Resultatet visar på att det, trots en högre utbildning och kunskap, finns många olika, individuella, strukturella och ansvarsrelaterade, faktorer som gör att en individ inte agerar miljövänligt. Genomgående i analysen för dessa är att den situationella aspekten spelar in samt att kunskapen om miljö-och klimatfrågans komplexitet i många fall kan bidra till overksamhet.

From its infancy, environmental psychology [which concerns itself with the coinfluencing interface between people and places] has required attention to actual context, and attention to social relevance. There has always been an emphasis on research into real problems within a context of meaningful theory, and on results which have potential not only for individuals, but also for policy-makers and those who execute that policy. This environmental psychology study is about the potential role of green open space in contributing towards quality of life in the city generally. It is also about a specific, wellloved urban open space in Namibia's capital city, Windhoek, the Avis dam environment, which is often the contentious target of proposed commercial development. At the moment, the Windhoek Municipality has no well-structured urban open space policy, and possibly also no full understanding of the meanings of the Avis dam for its users. This study hopes to make contributions to both these areas of policy-making. As the applicability of research findings to the development of public policies and community interventions depends very much on the suitability of the methodology and theories chosen (Stokols, 19911), this study begins with a discussion of systemic and ecosystemic thinking [Chapter Two]. They were chosen as the guiding metatheory for this study, not only because of their recognition of the inescapable connectedness between person and environment, but because of their personal appeal too. Chapter Three examines theories and models which are compatible with systems thinking, and which help understand the potentially positive psycho-social and socio-economic roles of urban open space generally, and how the extent of that potential in a specific open space may be appreciated and described. The implications of systemic/ecosystemic metatheory for the study's methodology and research design are discussed in Chapter Four, and the data collection methods, which comprised observation and interviewing, in Chapter Five. Ecosystemic thinkers do not believe that facts can be "found" [they are not there objectively, but co-emerge subjectively from people's individual and collective experience in a place], so Chapter Six deals with a co-emergent interpretation of the data gathered. Based on that interpretation, recommendations for urban open space policy generally, and the Avis dam environment specifically, are made in Chapter Seven. AFRIKAANS : Omgewingssielkunde (wat gemoeid is met die mede-beinvloedings tussen mense en plekke) het van sy vroegste jeug aandag benodig ten opsigte van werklike verband asook maatskaplike toepaslikheid. Daar was nog altyd klem op navorsing ten opsigte van daadwerklike probleme binne die verband van ‘n betekenisvolle teorie asook op die uitslae wat potensiaal het vir die individualis sowel as die beleidsbepalers en beleidsuitvoerders. Hierdie omgewingssielkundestudie gaan oor hoe groen oop spasies moontlik kan bydra tot kwaliteit van lewensgehalte in die stad oor die algemeen. Dit gaan ook oor ‘n besondere, geliefde stedelike oop ruimte in Namibia se hoofstad, Windhoek, nl. die Avisdamomgewing, wat voortdurend ‘n teiken is vir bedryfsontwikkeling. Tans beskik die Munisipaliteit van Windhoek nie oor ‘n welsaamgestelde beleid oor oop ruimtes nie en moontlik ontbreek ook by hulle die nodige begrip van die betekenis van die dam vir sy verbruikers. Hierdie studie be-oog om ‘n bydrae in die beleidsbepalings van altwee leemtes te lewer. Die toepaslikheid van navorsingsbevindings in die ontwikkeling van openbare beleid en gemeenskapsbemiddeling hang baie van die gepastheid van die metodologie en teorië (Stokols, 1991)2 af. Hierdie studie begin met ‘n bespreking oor sistemiese en ekosistemiese denke (Hoofstuk Twee). Hulle is as die leidende metateorieë gekies, nie alleen vir hul erkenning van die onontkombare verband tussen persone en hul omgewing nie, maar ook vir hulle persoonlike aantrekkingskrag. In Hoofstuk Drie word teorië en voorbeelde bestudeer wat verenigbaar is met sistemiese denke en wat help om die potensiële positiewe psigo-sosiale en sosio-ekonomiese rolle van stedelike oop ruimtes oor die algemeen te verstaan, asook hoe om die omvang van die potensiaal van ‘n spesifieke oop ruimte te kan waardeer en te kan beskryf. In Hoofstuk Vier word die implikasies van die sistemiese/eko-sistemiese metateorie vir hierdie studie se metodologie en navorsingsplan bespreek. Die dataversamelingsmetodes wat uit waarneming en onderhoude bestaan, word in Hoofstuk Vyf hanteer. Ekosistemiese denkers glo nie dat feite “gevind” word nie (dit is nie objektiewelik daar nie maar ontstaan subjektiewelik deur persone se individuele en gesamentlike ondervindinge van ‘n plek), dus word die vertolking van die saamgestelde data in Hoofstuk Ses bespreek. In die lig van dié vertolking word aanbevelings 2 Stokols, D. (1991). Conceptual strategies of environmental psychology. In D. Stokols& I. Altman (Eds), Handbook of environmental psychology, Vol. 1 (pp. 41-70). New York: John Wiley. vir stedelike oopruimtebeleid in die algemeen asook spesifiek vir die Avisdam omgewing in Hoofstuk Sewe hanteer. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 1998. / Psychology / unrestricted

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