Spatial pattern of environmental perception and place attachment in a diverse socio-economic context: the case of Gauteng province, South Africa

IF 1.8 Q2 GEOGRAPHY
S. Dlamini, S. Tesfamichael, G. Weir-Smith, T. Mokhele
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Abstract

There is limited consensus among researchers on whether the spatial distribution of environmental perceptions and place attachment is influenced by socio-economic factors. This study aimed to determine if environmental perceptions and place attachment concepts in our study area (within Gauteng province, South Africa) showed specific spatial patterns. Hot spot, cluster-outlier analysis, and geographically weighted regression (GWR) were used to depict the spatial patterns of environmental perceptions and place attachment. Results showed a pattern where the central, generally affluent wards of the province hold more positive environmental perceptions and place attachment than those in the periphery. This is in line with dependency and other models that associate lower socio-economic status with lower levels of environmental awareness but is incongruent with other findings that have associated lower socio-economic status with pro-environmental behaviour being more prominent. Geographically weighted regression results revealed the combined importance of numbers of people with above-average income, college-level education, age below 50 years, female proportion, formal dwelling residence and African race in explaining the numbers of people with positive views on place attachment and environmental perceptions. Further, the GWR modelling allowed for the spatial dependence of the relationship between place attachment and environmental perceptions on the one hand and socio-economic factors on the other. These results have significant implications for environmental sustainability, planning and policy formulation in the province.
不同社会经济背景下环境感知和地方依恋的空间格局:以南非豪登省为例
对于环境感知和地点依恋的空间分布是否受到社会经济因素的影响,研究人员的共识有限。本研究旨在确定我们研究区域(南非豪登省)的环境感知和场所依恋概念是否显示出特定的空间模式。热点、聚类异常值分析和地理加权回归(GWR)用于描述环境感知和地点依恋的空间模式。结果显示,与周边地区相比,该省中部、总体富裕的地区对环境的看法和依恋更为积极。这与依赖性和其他模型一致,这些模型将较低的社会经济地位与较低的环境意识水平联系起来,但与其他研究结果不一致,这些研究结果将较低社会经济地位和更突出的环保行为联系起来。地理加权回归结果显示,收入高于平均水平、大学学历、50岁以下年龄、女性比例、正式居住地和非洲种族的人数在解释对地方依恋和环境感知持积极看法的人数方面具有综合重要性。此外,GWR模型一方面考虑了地方依恋和环境感知之间的关系与另一方面考虑到社会经济因素之间的空间依赖性。这些结果对该省的环境可持续性、规划和政策制定具有重要意义。
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