Carena J Van Riper

Biographic Data

ID1412716
NAMECarena J Van Riper
GIVEN NAMESCarena J
FAMILY NAMEVan Riper
SIGNATUREVAN RIPER C J
AFFILIATIONSIllinois Department of Natural Resources
ORCID0000-0002-6200-8855
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS42
TOTAL CITATIONS112
WORKS AS AUTHOR42
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX5

  • Diffusion of Innovation Influences the Value Basis of Pro-Environmental Behavior in Rural Communities

    Open AccessSuresh Sharma, Elizabeth Golebie et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Behavior2026

    This study merged principles from the Diffusion of Innovation Theory with the Value-Belief-Norm Theory of Environmentalism to understand how values and knowledge together shape pro-environmental behavior (PEB) in a rural landscape. We examined how a series of behavioral antecedents varied by the timing of behavioral adoption among 617 survey respondents in Illinois, USA. We observed that biospheric, altruistic, and egoistic values, alongside envi…

  • Values of protected area landscapes shape the behaviors of subsistence users in Interior Alaska

    Open AccessEvan L Salcido, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2026References: 79

    Diverse values expressed by people living around protected areas provide insight into shared reasons why agreements and tensions may exist yet are underrepresented in research with subsistence users. We administered a mixed-mode survey to residents living near Denali National Park and Preserve and Denali State Park in Interior Alaska, USA, to understand how values placed on landscapes by multiple interest groups could lead to actions benefitting …

  • Weaving values, knowledge and context to care for human–nature relationships in protected areas

    Open AccessMiguel Á Cebrián-Piqueras, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2025

    Transformative change necessitates a profound shift in how people relate to, understand, value and envision landscapes to find effective pathways for conservation science and practice. In response, we examined the relationships among broad values—biospheric, altruistic and egoistic—that work in conjunction with ecological knowledge acquisition and social–ecological contextual factors to explain specific values assigned to landscapes, visions for …

  • Childhood Outdoor Recreation and Environmental Education Shape Pro-Environmental Behavior Among Adults

    Seunguk Shin, Carena J Van RiperARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2025References: 12

  • The public–private divide and seasonal variation shape bird diversity in greenspaces of two neighboring midwestern USA cities

    Open AccessHenry S Pollock, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2024

    Greenspaces are increasingly valued for supporting biodiversity in urbanized landscapes. Previous research efforts have emphasized the importance of public land such as parks and nature preserves for biodiversity, yet private yards in residential neighborhoods also have great potential for species conservation. Our study considered the importance of adjacent public and private greenspaces for urban bird diversity. We surveyed birds in public park…

  • Understanding the spatial dynamics of values and disvalues in the Kaskaskia River Watershed, USA through a social-ecological lens

    Open AccessCarena J Van Riper, Lorraine Foelske et al.ARTICLEEcosystems and People2024

    Maintaining a resilient and sustainable agro-production system is replete with challenges, because management practices designed to enhance productivity can overlook the range of values derived from ecosystems and concerns about their future. Further complicating the decisions being made about agricultural settings is the variation in social-ecological stressors that shape how diverse community members interpret landscape change. We engaged resid…

  • Testing the Biophilia Hypothesis Through the Human and Nature Scale on Four Continents

    Open AccessR J G van den Born, Natalia Calderón Moya-Méndez et al.ARTICLEEcopsychology2024

    According to the biophilia hypothesis, humans have a fundamental tendency to affiliate with nature. If this hypothesis is true, large majorities of people should express a high level of nature-friendliness (a tendency to affiliate with nature), and this level should have low variability across cultures. We tested this proposition using the interculturally applicable Human and Nature (HaN) scale. We compare the outcomes from 12 previously publishe…

  • A bird in the hand

    Seunguk Shin, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLEHuman Dimensions of Wildlife2024

  • Revisiting the sustainability science research agenda

    Open AccessMesfin Sahle, Shruti Ashish Lahoti et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2024Cited by: 7References: 22

    Identifying research gaps and priorities is paramount to advance sustainability science and contribute to a sustainable future. This editorial contributes to this effort by contemplating the sustainability science research agenda and aligning it with recent changes in global dynamics. Drawing on consultations with the editorial board members of the Sustainability Science journal and a review of relevant literature, we identified 12 key research t…

  • Integrating social values with GPS tracks through Denali National Park and Preserve

    Open AccessChang Cai, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2023

  • Enhancing Aquatic Invasive Species Outreach Through Values-framed Messages

    Elizabeth Golebie, Elizabeth J Golebie et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Communication2023

    Aquatic invasive species (AIS) pose negative threats to ecosystems and society on a global scale. The unintentional transport of AIS by recreationists who move between waterbodies has prompted outreach campaigns that encourage changes in human behavior. These campaigns have been widely disseminated, however the risks of AIS transport remain high. Thus, evaluations of how these campaigns are being processed by stakeholders are urgently needed. In …

  • Broad values as the basis for understanding deliberation about protected area management

    Open AccessDevin J Goodson, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2023Cited by: 2References: 20

  • Engaging diverse experts in the global science-policy interface

    Open AccessKatri Mäkinen‐Rostedt, Viola Hakkarainen et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2023Cited by: 4References: 18

    This longitudinal study explores evidence of learning and reflexivity among experts involved in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Values Assessment from 2018 to 2022. As part of an online survey administered at yearly intervals, experts self-reported their views on: i) the aims they attributed to the Values Assessment, ii) their epistemic worldviews, iii) the definition of the multiple va…

  • Green Leisure

    Wonjin Jeong, William P Stewart et al.ARTICLELeisure Sciences2023Cited by: 2References: 64

    Many cities have addressed urban population shrinkage by adopting strategies to re-purpose vacant lots in ways that leave them beautified and groomed. This study investigates leisure behavior resulting in beautified and groomed vacant lots that resist dominant discourses – referred to as green leisure. We applied a mixed-methods research design with property owners who purchased vacant lots through the Chicago Large Lot Program. Our focus group f…

  • Pride and guilt predict pro-environmental behavior

    Open AccessNathan J Shipley, Carena J Van RiperARTICLEJournal of Environmental Psychology2022

  • Perceived inclusivity and trust in protected area management decisions among stakeholders in Alaska

    Open AccessDevin J Goodson, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2022

    The success of conservation initiatives often depends on the inclusion of diverse stakeholder interests in the decision‐making process. Yet, there is a paucity of empirical knowledge concerning the factors that explain why stakeholders do—or do not— believe that they are meaningfully represented by government agencies. Our study provides insight into the relationship between trust and stakeholder perceptions of inclusivity in public land manageme…

  • Inclusive conservation and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

    Open AccessChristopher M Raymond, Miguel Á Cebrián-Piqueras et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2022

    The draft Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework commits to achievement of equity and justice outcomes and represents a ‘‘relational turn’’ in how we understand inclusive conservation. Although ‘‘inclusivity’’ is drawn on as a means to engage diverse stakeholders, widening the framing of inclusivity can create new tensions with regard to how to manage protected areas. We first offer a set of tensions that emerge in the light of the relational tu…

  • Values shift in response to social learning through deliberation about protected areas

    Open AccessRiley Andrade, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2022Cited by: 4References: 13

  • Social Values and Knowledge Predict Attitudes within an Urban Protected Area in El Salvador

    Bradley Carr, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2022Cited by: 1References: 6

    Urban protected areas are faced with numerous pressures from intensified land uses that jeopardize their sustainability, particularly in Central America where there is an abundance of areas managed for conservation yet limited financing. An understanding of the factors that influence public support for fee programs is of paramount importance but difficult to anticipate without empirical evidence of the social phenomena that influence attitudes. H…

  • A Place Meaning Scale for Rural Communities Undergoing Landscape Change

    Nicole M Evans, William P Stewart et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2022References: 11

    Sense of place provides a strategy to identify qualities of landscape change in rural areas undergoing urban development, yet a scale to assess such qualities has not been developed. Research on place meanings tends to draw from either an interpretivist or positivist approach but does not integrate them. This research integrates the two approaches with a mixed-methods design that resulted in the first scale of regional place meanings for two coun…

  • Negotiating agricultural change in the Midwestern US

    Open AccessNathan J Shipley, William P Stewart et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2022Cited by: 2References: 11

  • Place-making in the Corn Belt

    Open AccessBen Leitschuh, William P Stewart et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2022Cited by: 5References: 22

  • Elucidating social-ecological perceptions of a protected area system in Interior Alaska

    Open AccessDana N Johnson, Carena J Van Riper et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2022Cited by: 1

    The Interior of Alaska is one of the few remaining places in the world with intact ecosystems. Protected areas in this region, particularly Denali National Park and Preserve and Denali State Park, are high-profile tourism destinations situated in a rural landscape that is inhabited by a diverse array of stakeholders. Public land management agencies are faced with the challenging task of engaging these rural residents in discussions about their re…

  • Can Simulated Nature Support Mental Health? Comparing Short, Single-Doses of 360-Degree Nature Videos in Virtual Reality With the Outdoors

    Open AccessMatthew H E M Browning, Katherine J Mimnaugh et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychology2020

    Nature exposure in virtual reality (VR) can provide emotional well-being benefits for people who cannot access the outdoors. Little is known about how these simulated experiences compare with real outdoor experiences. We conduct an experiment with healthy undergraduate students that tests the effects of 6 min of outdoor nature exposure with 6 min of exposure to a 360-degree VR nature video, which is recorded at the outdoor nature exposure locatio…

  • Understanding the role of local knowledge in the spatial dynamics of social values expressed by stakeholders

    Open AccessCarena J Van Riper, Lorraine Foelske et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2020