Modernization-induced socio-economic changes and their effect over the spatial distribution of recreational hunting and volunteering with animals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15326722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacopo Cerri (0000-0001-5030-0376, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Accademia Albertina 13, Torino, 10123, Italy, corresponding author), Eva Luna Procaccio (Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell’Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy), Marco Ferretti (0000-0002-8488-0804, Regione Toscana, Via di Novoli, Firenze, 50127, Italy), Emiliano Mori (0000-0001-8108-7950, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell’Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 401-410 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Dimensions of Wildlife (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-1209 • E-ISSN: 1533-158X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10871209.2020.1825878 |
| OpenAlex | W3099438222 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
Socioeconomic changes characterizing the last 70 years changed human-wildlife relationships and diminished activities such as recreational hunting. However, little research has tested whether the same changes also increased other behaviors, such as volunteering for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that focus on protecting animals. We modeled the effects of urbanization, income, and higher education over the incidence of recreational hunters and people who volunteer with animals in Tuscany (Central Italy). Urbanized areas, characterized by more educated residents, have fewer hunters and more people volunteering than rural municipalities. Hunting participation over the last 15 years also declined more in urbanized municipalities than in rural ones. Our findings indicate that the increased number of people volunteering in animal welfare NGOs might be related to a shift in human-wildlife interactions similar to North America. Moreover, our approach may be used to identify hotspots of social conflicts with wildlife
Distribution (mathematics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental protection · Geography · Modernization theory · Political science · Population · Recreation · Rural area · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Urbanization · Welfare · Wildlife · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Demography · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |