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Farmers Risk Perception towards Climate Change A Case of the GAP Sanlıurfa Region Turkey    
Yazarlar
Mustafa Hakkı Aydoğdu
Harran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Kasım YENİGÜN
Harran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
The purpose of this research is to evaluate farmers' risk perception towards climate change in dry farming areas of the Şanliurfa province in Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Region, Turkey, and their willingness to pay for adaptation practices and explore the potential factors that contribute to the understanding of climate change. The main material of this research comes from a sample of 466 farmers among 32,809 in Şanliurfa who were chosen via a simple random sampling method. Sampling was conducted in 2014 and participants were interviewed face to face by questionnaires and local interviewers were used in order to maximize the reliability of the results. The logistic regression and fit tests were used for analysis. The results indicate that 53% of farmers have a risk perception about climate change and 62% of farmers accept paying for adaptation practices to reduce its potential effects. Explanatory affecting factors, such as age, agricultural income, amount of land owned, farming experience, agricultural credit usage, household numbers, non-agricultural manpower, education level and water perception, significantly explained the risk perceptions. This study is one of the first of its type in GAP-Şanliurfa, Turkey. Therefore, the results could be helpful for decision- and policy-makers to develop adaptive strategies.
Anahtar Kelimeler
climate change,risk perception,willingness to pay,GAP-Sanliurfa,Turkey
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Sustainability
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2016
Cilt No 8
Sayfalar 806 /
Doi Numarası 10.3390/su8080806