Cities face numerous environmental challenges. Local governments need the public’s support to tackle these problems, and scholars and practitioners have suggested that framing initiatives around resilience, as opposed to sustainability, reducing vulnerability, or adaptation, may increase public support for local action. Resilience, they argue, has a better social connotation, is more positive, and less polarizing than related concepts. Empirical evidence supporting these claims is lacking. In three online survey experiments, we test whether the public is more likely to support policies when they are framed in terms of “resilience.” We also examine public conceptualizations of these different terms and whether resilience has a more positive connotation. We find significant differences in policy support, perceived importance, and interpretations of the concepts. The study confirms that framing affects policy support, but complicates claims that resilience is inherently more appealing. These findings have implications for urban research and policymaking.

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积极应变？制定地方行动如何影响公众舆论

城市面临着许多环境挑战。地方政府需要公众的支持来解决这些问题，学者和从业者建议围绕复原力制定倡议，而不是可持续性、降低脆弱性或适应，可能会增加公众对地方行动的支持。他们认为，韧性具有更好的社会内涵，比相关概念更积极，也更少两极分化。缺乏支持这些说法的经验证据。在三个在线调查实验中，我们测试了公众是否更有可能支持以“弹性”为框架的政策。我们还研究了这些不同术语的公共概念，以及弹性是否具有更积极的含义。我们发现政策支持、感知重要性、和概念的解释。该研究证实，框架会影响政策支持，但使弹性本质上更具吸引力的说法复杂化。这些发现对城市研究和政策制定具有重要意义。