Is Australia's urban-regional schism on climate reality or rhetoric?
| dc.contributor.author | Colvin, R. M. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Jotzo, Frank | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Fielding, Kelly S. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-31T01:30:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-31T01:30:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Research and popular discourse have not settled on whether there exists an urban-regional divide on climate. In Australia, we observe rhetoric in the public sphere suggesting such a divide. In this paper we examine whether the urban-regional schism on climate reflects the reality of Australians' opinions on climate change. We conducted a quota survey of the Australian population (N = 2,952) and measured opinion across seven climate and seven social issues. We found limited evidence of an urban-regional divide on climate change and most social issues. However, urban and regional Australians’ attitudes differed on one item: perception of difference between urban and regional people. We suggest that urban-regional divide rhetoric may appeal to rural identifying people, not regional residents per se. We also identified the role of media habits: consumption of ABC (the national broadcaster) or Sky News (News Corp subscription channel) are significant predictors of climate opinion. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Funding for this research was provided by the Australian National University College of Asia and the Pacific's Asia Pacific Innovation Program (APIP) 2021, and the Australian National University Public Policy and Societal Impact Hub's Policy Greenhouse Fund. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer-reviewed | en |
| dc.format.extent | 13 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0743-0167 | en |
| dc.identifier.other | WOS:001335095900001 | en |
| dc.identifier.other | ORCID:/0000-0002-2011-5433/work/174170957 | en |
| dc.identifier.other | ORCID:/0000-0002-2856-847X/work/174172324 | en |
| dc.identifier.scopus | 85205937359 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205937359&partnerID=8YFLogxK | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733755778 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.rights | Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors | en |
| dc.source | Journal of Rural Studies | en |
| dc.subject | Climate change opinions | en |
| dc.subject | Culture wars | en |
| dc.subject | Energy transition | en |
| dc.subject | Media | en |
| dc.subject | Political polarisation | en |
| dc.subject | Public opinion | en |
| dc.title | Is Australia's urban-regional schism on climate reality or rhetoric? | en |
| dc.type | Journal article | en |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | en |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Colvin, R. M.; Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University | en |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Jotzo, Frank; Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy, The Australian National University | en |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Fielding, Kelly S.; University of Queensland | en |
| local.identifier.citationvolume | 112 | en |
| local.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103446 | en |
| local.identifier.pure | dd18dca7-7d90-498c-977a-aedcb73487ad | en |
| local.identifier.url | https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85205937359 | en |
| local.type.status | Published | en |