How research on communication can help to understand the management of natural resources and sustainability transformations

Practices, concerns and new perspectives on environmental communication

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ID21600541
AutoresA Fischer (0000-0002-0034-3690, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, autor correspondente), Sofie Joosse (0000-0002-8724-0183, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Lars Hallgren (0000-0002-0430-682X, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Lotten Westberg (0000-0003-1769-2798, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Ano2024
Volume67
Fascículo9
Páginas1871-1885
Data de publicação2024-07-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Environmental Planning and Management (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0964-0568 • E-ISSN: 1360-0559
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09640568.2024.2345737
OpenAlexW4398178837
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas37

Communication is an integral part of natural resource management and sustainability transformations, and questions on how communication helps or hinders the development of more sustainable relationships between people and their environments have become increasingly urgent. This special issue directs our attention to the processes and outcomes of such communication and explores what a focus on communication makes visible and accessible for practical as well as academic analysis. The twelve articles collected in this issue examine a wide range of contexts and practices of environmental communication, here understood as the joint construction of meaning related to environmental and sustainability issues. In this editorial, we propose five conceptual lenses that, as we argue, are crucial for an in-depth engagement with environmental communication. Together, these provide us with an understanding of communication as arising from manifold interactions that are shaped by and shaping disagreement, power relations and, more generally, the interplay between structure and agency. We examine the contributions to this special issue in light of these conceptual lenses and highlight how the twelve articles help us to understand the role of meaning-making in environmental management and sustainability transformations. We conclude with suggestions for future work, identifying spaces for further conceptual development and empirical scrutiny as well as scope for new ideas on environmental communication to gain in importance and influence

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