Two theories exist relating to preferences for landscapes : 1)preferences are innate ; 2)preferences are determined by culture. The AA. evaluate relationships among preferences for landscapes and childhood landscapes. Results are based
on a questionnaire sent out to 2000 people in Sweden, and on a qualitative study comprising 19 people. In conclusion, people prefer landscapes experienced during childhood, but seem to attach more easily to qualities that are suggested to have an innate significance.
Gender preference and birthspacing in Matlab, Bangladesh
Bangladesh ; Birth rate ; Demographic behaviour ; Demography ; Family ; Fertility ; Multivariate analysis ; Preference ; Sexual discrimination ; Spacing of births
The AA. examine and compare gender-preference effects on fertility in two otherwise comparable populations that differ markedly in their access to and use of contraception. They expect stronger effects of gender preference in the population that has
more access to contraception and higher levels of contraceptive use. There is also some preference for daughters. Son preference is strong in both the early and later stages of family formation.
Dust not ashes : the American preference for burial
Tautological in tone, this article seeks to explain why Americans still prefer earth burial whereas the British now largely cremate their dead. - (DWG)
Profiles and preferences of visitors to three South African Nature Reserves
Analysis of visitor preferences for, and utilization of, interpretive facilities and programmes at Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Giant's Cable Game Reserve and Londolozi Private Game Reserve.
Conjoint models of housing preferences derive preference functions from consumer responses to profiles of housing attributes generated experimentally. It is not evident how such housing preferences can be used to simulate actual housing choice
. The AA. provide conceptual considerations to link conjoint preferences to actual behaviour and discuss the principles of a simulation model. They illustrate the approach using the effects of a rental subsidy on potential mobility.
of various landscape change processes on the preferences of a mostly urban sample (N = 410). The 128 digitally generated landscape scenarios represented various kinds and intensities of agricultural and tourism use of a historic terraced area in Austria
. Latent class segmentations identified four segments, with different preferences for natural, managerial and social landscape features. While a preference for a more complex, mysterious and natural landscape was found for three segments, one segment
preferred more open landscapes. The results indicate that landscape change can affect humans in different ways, and that evolutionary and cultural preference theories are useful in explaining landscape preferences.
Zlatá Praha, zaslíbený jih a to ostatní …? Regionální a sídelní preference obyvatelstva Česka
The article deals with regional and residential preferences of the Czech population. The main analysis is devoted to the current state of preferences of the Czech population. It is based on a representative survey, which was carried out in December
2010. The aim of the article is not only to make a comparison of regional and residential preferences over a period of almost 40 years, but also to juxtapose the patterns of regional preferences with real migration movements of the Czech population
PREFERENCE AND PERCEPTION: ON ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
ANALYSE DES RELATIONS ENTRE LES PREFERENCES DES CONSOMMATEURS (SYSTEME DE VALEURS) ET LEUR PERCEPTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT URBAIN FORME PAR LE COMMERCE DE DETAIL. ETUDE PSYCHOLOGIQUE, INTERVIEWS, ECHELLE ORDINALE. APPLICATION A DUNDEE (ECOSSE).
SOME POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF ENERGY SHORTAGE ON RESIDENTIAL PREFERENCES
CONTRIBUTION ORIGINALE AU PROBLEME DE PENURIE D'ENERGIE| COMMENT LA CRISE DE L'ENERGIE PEUT SE REPERCUTER SUR LES PREFERENCES RESIDENTIELLES DE L'INDIVIDU, EN D'AUTRES MOTS, COMMENT LA CRISE ALTERE LA PERCEPTION DE L'ESPACE RESIDENTIEL. (JC).
Interstate groundwater management preference differences : the Ogallala region
Water in the Ogalalla aquifer of the High Plains from Nebraska to Texas is rapidly being depleted. A six-state survey showed regional differences in recognition of the problem, proposed ways of dealing with it, and preferred level of governmental