MEASURING RESIDENTS' ATTITUDES TO ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES UNDER MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF IMPACT AND UNCERTAINTY ---ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR P HELD AT THE PTRC TRANSPORT AND PLANNING SUMMER ANNUAL MEETING, UNIVERSITY OF BATH, ENGLAND 7-11 SEPTEMBER 1987. VOLUME P300

This report deals with road construction, lorry traffic, project appraisal, attitudinal data, repertory grid multi-attribute utility theory, uncertainty, beliefs. This paper is concerned with the use of survey techniques to elicit information about residents' beliefs and perceived fears concerning the construction of a private haulage road. The first section discusses some theoretical issues in the measurement of attitudinal responses as an input to the planning, design and management of new road schemes. Two major issues are identified. Firstly, in order to use such data in the selection of project options it is important to establish the relationship between individuals' prior and posterior valuations of different environmental attributes, about which they are inevitably uncertain. Little is known about how such valuations change over time. The second issue relevant to the design and management of a new road scheme relates to the dimension of attitude that is measured in surveys. Attitudes are multi-dimensional having affective, cognitive and behavioural elements. It is important therefore to identify and measure the relationship between the three. The second section of the paper sets out the two methods; multi-attribute utility theory and repertory grid which were selected to examine these issues. The theoretical and operational difficulties of applying these techniques through a series of household surveys to a case study are highlighted. The final section presents results from the main household surveys and explains how these results, in conjunction with a second survey to be undertaken shortly, will throw light on the issues outlined above.(a) for the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 816888.

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• Authors:
  • HOPKINSON, P G
  • PEARMAN, A D
• Publication Date: 1987

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 80-91
• Serial:
  • Publication of: PTRC EDUCATION & RESEARCH SERVICES, LTD.
  • Publisher: PTRC Education and Research Services Limited
  • ISSN: 0267-9728

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Conferences; Dust; Environment; Evaluation and assessment; Frontage roads; Heavy vehicles; Households; Impact studies; Location; Methodology; Noise; Public participation; Questionnaires; Real property; Road construction; Vibration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vicinity
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00483321
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-86050-185-X
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1989 12:00AM