The influence of place attachment on environmental concerns, attitudes, and
behavior is not yet well defined. Identity helps to drive decision-making, and as part of
one’s history, attachment to place may play a role in informing one’s attitudes and
actions. Understanding the strength of this influence on issues of both global and local
scales is of particular interest to this study. Great Lakes residents’ opinions and selfreported
behavior were measured via survey (n=133). A series of hierarchical multiple
regressions were used to explore whether place attachment was a significant predictor of
climate change attitudes, conservation behavior, and concerns about local environmental
issues. Findings from these analyses reveal that place attachment exerts a much stronger
influence on concerns about local environmental issues, while political orientation arose
as a stronger influence of broader, more global environmental issues. Further study of
place attachment in relation to these issues at the local level may help deepen our
understanding of how to encourage pro-environmental behaviorHonors (Bachelor's)REPLACEEnvironmentUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/112273/1/Allen-Wickler_PITEthesisfinal.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/112273/2/Allen-Wickler_Survey.pdfDescription of Allen-Wickler_PITEthesisfinal.pdf : ThesisDescription of Allen-Wickler_Survey.pdf : Thesis Surve
