Abstract

This commentary expands upon Eaton et al.’s research note about the challenges of measuring sense of place (SOP). Our body of work includes qualitative and quantitative research that supports their finding that landowners have a strong SOP and conservation ethic about their working lands. However, we deliberate on the importance of considering a broader interpretation of “economic dependence” in the context of SOP, which may include financial and non-financial benefits to the landowner. Eaton et al. report mixed results in its predictive power for conservation decisions on working lands. Yet, several issues negatively impacting economic dependence may override conservation management decisions and explain the “mixed” results reported by the authors. We posit that the definition of economic dependence should include both income and wealth generation as well as landowner amenity rents (defined as the landowner’s internally derived benefits or satisfaction from the amenities on their working lands).

摘要

这篇评论扩展了伊顿等人关于测量地方感 (SOP) 挑战的研究报告。我们的工作包括定性和定量研究，支持他们的发现，即土地所有者对他们的工作土地有很强的 SOP 和保护道德。然而，我们考虑了在 SOP 背景下考虑对“经济依赖”进行更广泛解释的重要性，其中可能包括对土地所有者的财务和非财务利益。伊顿等人。报告其对工作土地保护决策的预测能力的混合结果。然而，一些对经济依赖产生负面影响的问题可能会推翻保护管理决策并解释作者报告的“混合”结果。