Economic analysis on people's cooperative attitudes for countermeasures against disasters and anomalies of climate change

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530276
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Kochi University of Technology (2014); International University of Japan (2012-2013)
• Principal Investigator: KOTANI Koji 高知工科大学, 経営学部, 教授 (80422583)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KAKINAKA Makoto 国際大学, 大学院国際関係学研究科, 教授 (40421234)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 気候変動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have analyzed how people correctly perceive climatic changes and how the correct perception relates to cooperative attitudes and behaviors toward countermeasures against climate change. Contrary to the Europe and USA cases, we find that people tend to have higher degree of correct perceptions and understanding toward climate change and the correct perception leads to higher cooperative attitudes and behaviors. The results suggest an importance of improving perception and understanding, leading to more voluntary cooperative attitudes and behaviors toward climate change.

Free Research Field

環境経済学