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The public perception of climate change in Taiwan and its paradigm shift

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  • Chou, Kuei Tien

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This study attempts to explore the risk perceptions of climate change in Taiwan. It probes into the public's views toward governments' risk communication regarding climate change, citizens' participation in decision-making, and their trust in the capacity of governments toward risk governance, as well as their attitude towards corporate social responsibility. For analysis, we developed ten types of perceptions under three dimensions: namely the severity of climate change (Type 1), the development of sustainable society (Types 2, 3, 4 and 5), and the risk governance and communication (Types 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10) to discuss whether the Taiwanese public's perception of climate change was prepared for a socially reflective paradigm shift. Regarding the three dimensions in the questionnaire design, although this study individually measured the public's risk perception, there was a high correlation between the variance analysis results among the three dimensions. This could systematically explain the potential change of the governance paradigm in Taiwanese society concerning structural transformation.

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  • Chou, Kuei Tien, 2013. "The public perception of climate change in Taiwan and its paradigm shift," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 1252-1260.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:61:y:2013:i:c:p:1252-1260
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.016
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    1. Jinjia Wu & Jiansheng Qu & Hengji Li & Li Xu & Hongfen Zhang & Suman Aryal & Jingjing Zeng & Yujie Fan & Qin Wei & Xiafei Liu, 2018. "What Affects Chinese Residents’ Perceptions of Climate Change?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-14, December.
    2. Yingying Sun & Ziqiang Han, 2018. "Climate Change Risk Perception in Taiwan: Correlation with Individual and Societal Factors," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, January.
    3. Shay-Wei Choon & Hway-Boon Ong & Siow-Hooi Tan, 2019. "Does risk perception limit the climate change mitigation behaviors?," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 1891-1917, August.

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