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Menorca's calm threatened by climate 'jaleo'

Triginer Mitjavila, Mar LU (2022) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20221
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
Local perceptions on global scale problems are often overlooked, focusing the attention instead on policy action or scientific reports. To challenge that, this thesis focuses on Menorca’s population, specifically on whether place attachment is related to the perception of climate change impacts in the territory and if this can translate into concrete local action against its impacts. For that, I use an ethnographic approach. I discovered that most people’s connection with the territory is deep and rooted, and that climate change impacts have already been perceived. However, there is a rather individualistic feeling that does not lead to a collective identity force. This suggests that collective identity has decreased, and another wave of... (More)
Local perceptions on global scale problems are often overlooked, focusing the attention instead on policy action or scientific reports. To challenge that, this thesis focuses on Menorca’s population, specifically on whether place attachment is related to the perception of climate change impacts in the territory and if this can translate into concrete local action against its impacts. For that, I use an ethnographic approach. I discovered that most people’s connection with the territory is deep and rooted, and that climate change impacts have already been perceived. However, there is a rather individualistic feeling that does not lead to a collective identity force. This suggests that collective identity has decreased, and another wave of protests is far from being a reality. However, the environmental values in the island leave the answer open and indicate that collective action could happen in the future. (Less)
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author
Triginer Mitjavila, Mar LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
climate change, place attachment, collective identity, territory, perception, sustainability science
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2022:044
language
English
id
9088628
date added to LUP
2022-06-15 11:11:27
date last changed
2022-06-15 11:11:27
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  abstract     = {{Local perceptions on global scale problems are often overlooked, focusing the attention instead on policy action or scientific reports. To challenge that, this thesis focuses on Menorca’s population, specifically on whether place attachment is related to the perception of climate change impacts in the territory and if this can translate into concrete local action against its impacts. For that, I use an ethnographic approach. I discovered that most people’s connection with the territory is deep and rooted, and that climate change impacts have already been perceived. However, there is a rather individualistic feeling that does not lead to a collective identity force. This suggests that collective identity has decreased, and another wave of protests is far from being a reality. However, the environmental values in the island leave the answer open and indicate that collective action could happen in the future.}},
  author       = {{Triginer Mitjavila, Mar}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{Menorca's calm threatened by climate 'jaleo'}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}