Add to ORKGPeople often use the same word while meaning very different things. Text analysis procedures can be applied to determine something of the meaning of words, typically from a single author. Rarely, however, have these procedures been used to explore the differences between individuals with different backgrounds and agendas and yet who ostensibly claim to be talking about the same thing. In the current study, we explored the way in which an abstract word, ‘values’, was used by three interest groups in relation to the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, in Australia. Documents about the Wet Tropics produced by three environmental organisations, involved in either research, management, or conservation activism, were compared for their use of the wo...
It is increasingly recognized that the major barriers to environmental sustainability are social, cu...
In moving society towards more sustainable forms of consumption and production, social learning must...
The application of stated preference non-market valuation approaches in settings where there are str...
There is growing concern about and evidence of emergent language and meaning problems in the environ...
[Extract] The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA) in Australia's North Queensland provides the r...
The importance of language in influencing and often determining management, planning, and policy dec...
Greenspeak is a term coined to encompass all the ways in which environmental issues are presented. ...
The importance of language in influencing and often determining management, planning, and policy dec...
A serious and escalating problem exists with respect to the status and meaning of ‘environmental val...
A serious and escalating problem exists with respect to the status and meaning of ‘environmental val...
Value differences across cultures or social groups are usually framed in terms of different emphases...
Divergent word usages reflect differences among people. In this paper, we present a novel angle for ...
This book argues that the complex, anthropocentric, and often culture-specific meanings of words hav...
Attitudes are by their nature not easy to define and, therefore, to research, and there are constant...
The lexicon is central to the concerns of disparate disciplines and has correspondingly elicited con...
It is increasingly recognized that the major barriers to environmental sustainability are social, cu...
In moving society towards more sustainable forms of consumption and production, social learning must...
The application of stated preference non-market valuation approaches in settings where there are str...
There is growing concern about and evidence of emergent language and meaning problems in the environ...
[Extract] The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA) in Australia's North Queensland provides the r...
The importance of language in influencing and often determining management, planning, and policy dec...
Greenspeak is a term coined to encompass all the ways in which environmental issues are presented. ...
The importance of language in influencing and often determining management, planning, and policy dec...
A serious and escalating problem exists with respect to the status and meaning of ‘environmental val...
A serious and escalating problem exists with respect to the status and meaning of ‘environmental val...
Value differences across cultures or social groups are usually framed in terms of different emphases...
Divergent word usages reflect differences among people. In this paper, we present a novel angle for ...
This book argues that the complex, anthropocentric, and often culture-specific meanings of words hav...
Attitudes are by their nature not easy to define and, therefore, to research, and there are constant...
The lexicon is central to the concerns of disparate disciplines and has correspondingly elicited con...
It is increasingly recognized that the major barriers to environmental sustainability are social, cu...
In moving society towards more sustainable forms of consumption and production, social learning must...
The application of stated preference non-market valuation approaches in settings where there are str...