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Papers by Luuk Knippenberg

This bookchapter is the result of a wider process organised, supported and financed by SCOPE (Sci... more This bookchapter is the result of a wider process organised, supported and financed by SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) under the auspices of ICSU (International Council for Science), the EEA (European Environment Agency) and the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). The objective of SCOPE was to gain a rapid assessment of the State-of-the-Art in terms of sustainability indicators at a crucial moment of the institutional and scientific discussion on these policy tools. The present chapter itself aimed to take stock of international expertise to approach and solve recurrent methodological problems with indicators (e.g. weighting schemes for composite indicators…). The participation to the process resulted in a series of international collaborations and research projects (OECD, FP7).

pubbl. in AA.VV., International Association People-environment Studies IAPS24 Lund/Alnarp 2016 “T... more pubbl. in AA.VV., International Association People-environment Studies IAPS24 Lund/Alnarp 2016 “The human being at home, work and leisure. Sustainable use and development of indoor and outdoor spaces in late modern everyday life”. Conference Abstracts. Lund, Sweden, 27 June – 1 July, 2016. Lund: Lund University and SLU (p. 109)

Journal of Environmental Management, 2013

In The Netherlands, river management strategies and land use of floodplains have changed drastica... more In The Netherlands, river management strategies and land use of floodplains have changed drastically over the last two decades. Due to an integrated and participatory planning style, many agricultural fields in floodplains were transformed to nature. The idea of "self-regulating nature" in the floodplains and policies such as Room for the River and WaalWeelde created more multifunctional and natural floodplains. In this way, during the planning phase, win-win situations were created between flood protection and nature. It was only later that obstacles occurred with regard to the maintenance of floodplains, mainly because of different perspectives of the stakeholders on how to reconcile flood protection and nature. Therefore this study focuses on the opinions of persons involved with 'future' floodplain management strategies, which have been divided into five themes: ·visions of floodplain management; ·collaborators in floodplain management; ·visions of nature and self-regulating nature; ·realization of Natura 2000 goals in floodplains; ·feasibility of the Cyclic Floodplain Rejuvenation (CFR) strategy. We interviewed various persons involved in river and nature management along the Waal River. Based on our findings, it is concluded that an integrated planning approach has not been incorporated into the maintenance strategies and programs and, as a result, new, innovative management strategies such as CFR are proving to be incompatible with 'static' regulations such as Natura 2000's conservation goals and flood protection norms. However, by exploring the responders' visions of nature, we found that the majority of them preferred a dynamic vision of floodplains and, for this reason, they have advocated for more flexibility in current policies related to river and nature management. Additionally, the respondents emphasized the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration to realize the goal of cost-efficient floodplain management.

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

The public justification for nature conservation currently rests on two pillars: hedonic (instrum... more The public justification for nature conservation currently rests on two pillars: hedonic (instrumental) values, and moral values. Yet, these representations appear to do little motivational work in practice; biodiversity continues to decline, and biodiversity policies face a wide implementation gap. In seven EU countries, we studied why people act for nature beyond professional obligations. We explore the motivations of 105 committed actors for nature in detail using life-history interviews, and trace these back to their childhood. Results show that the key concept for understanding committed action for nature is meaningfulness. People act for nature because nature is meaningful to them, connected to a life that makes sense and a difference in the world. These eudemonic values (expressing the meaningful life) constitute a crucial third pillar in the justification of nature conservation. Important policy implications are explored, e.g. with respect to public discourse and the encounter with nature in childhood.

... opinions are likely to differ from the preoccupations and understanding of individual ... 3. ... more ... opinions are likely to differ from the preoccupations and understanding of individual ... 3. IdentifyingMethodological Challenges| 63 Communicating to Different Audiences The ideal indicator would ... to indicator construction, issue selection, and depth of information provided than ...

Maritime Studies, 2021

The UK’s fishing industry has contracted considerably since 1972 due to overfishing, increased fu... more The UK’s fishing industry has contracted considerably since 1972 due to overfishing, increased fuel prices, and implementation of the European Union (EU) Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Despite this decline affecting the industry at large and the incomes of fishers, some fishers have carried on, or even freshly started or returned to the business. Why have these fishers done so despite the challenges they encounter in the fishing industry? In this article, we investigate why some fishers still choose to fish in the wake of all the EU regulations designed to control overfishing by reducing the size of the industry and discouraging entry by taking measures that affect revenues. Our data are collected through ethnographic research involving participant observation and interviews with fishers in North Shields, England. Based on our findings, we argue that the decision to carry on fishing, or even to return, is predominantly based on so-called intrinsic motivations, rather than on cost-be...

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

In 2014 more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas. In the energy sector that is the hi... more In 2014 more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas. In the energy sector that is the highest proportion of all carbon emission sectors, urban area release carbon 71-76% of global carbon emission. The first priority solution for solving climate change is carbon emission reduction in urban areas. The low carbon city is an area base management to meet the target of city carbon emission reduction. One of means for develop the carbon emission behavior in everyday life of the people is collaborative action in form of networking. The social network is the one of major concept for urban study. It used to focus in individual behavior, but now extended to study group of urban people as community network. The objective of this research was to study the pattern of community network for carbon emission reduction in Urban of Northeastern Thailand as Khon Kaen city. Data were collected via in-depth interviews as well as by participatory and non-participatory observations with 24 key info...

Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2008

... Dat is in Nederland en Thailand Marcel van der Klaauw. Dat is Inigo van Alphen, voor het corr... more ... Dat is in Nederland en Thailand Marcel van der Klaauw. Dat is Inigo van Alphen, voor het corrigeren van het Nederlands; en dat zijn de leden van mijn leer-stoelgroep Sociaal-wetenschappelijke Milieukunde: professor Wouter de Groot, Riyan van den Born en Alita van ...

Ecosystems and People

Relational values reflect the qualities of the relationships between humans and nature, such as c... more Relational values reflect the qualities of the relationships between humans and nature, such as care, social bonding, place attachment and spiritual meanings. In this perspective article, we argue that understanding relational values is vital for nature conservation, and we identify how incorporation of these values may function as leverage points for achieving more effective nature policy. We discuss the distinctive features of the concept of relational values and elaborate how relational values strongly influence people's perceptions of, engagement with and action for nature. Relational values can also provide important deep leverage points for policy interventions aiming to support citizen's contribution to nature conservation, to strengthen biodiversity policy and the relationship between people and nature. Based on three realms of leverage (re-think, restructure and reconnect), we distinguish six routes through which relational values can be integrated in policies and practices of nature conservation: (1) incorporation of pluralized meanings of nature; (2) the uptake of relational language in policy discourse; (3) a prioritization of landscape-based policy; (4) empowering citizens in nature conservation; (5) reorienting nature education to stimulate people's personal bond with nature; and (6) using digital technology to stimulate new relationships with nature.

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Biodiversity loss is a widely debated world problem, with huge economic, social, and environmenta... more Biodiversity loss is a widely debated world problem, with huge economic, social, and environmentally negative consequences. Despite the relevance of this issue, the psychological determinants of committed action towards nature and biodiversity have rarely been investigated. This study aims at identifying a comprehensive socialpsychological profile of activists committed to biodiversity protection and at understanding what determinants best predict their activism. A questionnaire investigating relevant social-psychological constructs identified in the literature on environmental activism was administered to 183 outstanding leaders (vs. non-leaders) in biodiversity protection across seven EU countries. Leaders (vs. non-leaders) in biodiversity protection showed, among other constructs, higher scores on environmental values, attitudes, identity, perceived control, a feeling of union and spirituality with nature, and willingness to sacrifice for their cause. Results are discussed within the theoretical framework of a motivation model of committed action for nature and biodiversity protection. Applications of the results are also proposed.

Environment and Behavior

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Ecology and Society

Despite the great emphasis on sustainable forest management in the 1998 Indonesian reform movemen... more Despite the great emphasis on sustainable forest management in the 1998 Indonesian reform movement, deforestation has only accelerated since then, with Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) exhibiting the highest rate of forest loss. Some forested areas have, however, been preserved by local communities. We investigate how and why two of these communities in Kapuas Hulu district, West Kalimantan, have managed to maintain their forests against the pressures of illegal logging and conversion to oil palm plantations. One village community had the capacity to act on its own, while the other needed additional capacity through intercommunity collaboration. Motivations behind these villages' decisions were both economic and eudaimonic; their desire for meaningful lives related to the community and environment and to past and future generations. The findings enrich the literature on land use change because description and analysis of successful resistance against logging and oil palm is still rare. As such, the findings offer a different way to understand and interrogate the challenges confronting present-day forest communities in Kalimantan and beyond, standing out against the mainstream impression that communities are still powerless or unwilling to resist the short-term economic lures. We also refer briefly to the environmental justice perspective.

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

This bookchapter is the result of a wider process organised, supported and financed by SCOPE (Sci... more This bookchapter is the result of a wider process organised, supported and financed by SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) under the auspices of ICSU (International Council for Science), the EEA (European Environment Agency) and the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). The objective of SCOPE was to gain a rapid assessment of the State-of-the-Art in terms of sustainability indicators at a crucial moment of the institutional and scientific discussion on these policy tools. The present chapter itself aimed to take stock of international expertise to approach and solve recurrent methodological problems with indicators (e.g. weighting schemes for composite indicators…). The participation to the process resulted in a series of international collaborations and research projects (OECD, FP7).

pubbl. in AA.VV., International Association People-environment Studies IAPS24 Lund/Alnarp 2016 “T... more pubbl. in AA.VV., International Association People-environment Studies IAPS24 Lund/Alnarp 2016 “The human being at home, work and leisure. Sustainable use and development of indoor and outdoor spaces in late modern everyday life”. Conference Abstracts. Lund, Sweden, 27 June – 1 July, 2016. Lund: Lund University and SLU (p. 109)

Journal of Environmental Management, 2013

In The Netherlands, river management strategies and land use of floodplains have changed drastica... more In The Netherlands, river management strategies and land use of floodplains have changed drastically over the last two decades. Due to an integrated and participatory planning style, many agricultural fields in floodplains were transformed to nature. The idea of "self-regulating nature" in the floodplains and policies such as Room for the River and WaalWeelde created more multifunctional and natural floodplains. In this way, during the planning phase, win-win situations were created between flood protection and nature. It was only later that obstacles occurred with regard to the maintenance of floodplains, mainly because of different perspectives of the stakeholders on how to reconcile flood protection and nature. Therefore this study focuses on the opinions of persons involved with 'future' floodplain management strategies, which have been divided into five themes: ·visions of floodplain management; ·collaborators in floodplain management; ·visions of nature and self-regulating nature; ·realization of Natura 2000 goals in floodplains; ·feasibility of the Cyclic Floodplain Rejuvenation (CFR) strategy. We interviewed various persons involved in river and nature management along the Waal River. Based on our findings, it is concluded that an integrated planning approach has not been incorporated into the maintenance strategies and programs and, as a result, new, innovative management strategies such as CFR are proving to be incompatible with 'static' regulations such as Natura 2000's conservation goals and flood protection norms. However, by exploring the responders' visions of nature, we found that the majority of them preferred a dynamic vision of floodplains and, for this reason, they have advocated for more flexibility in current policies related to river and nature management. Additionally, the respondents emphasized the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration to realize the goal of cost-efficient floodplain management.

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

The public justification for nature conservation currently rests on two pillars: hedonic (instrum... more The public justification for nature conservation currently rests on two pillars: hedonic (instrumental) values, and moral values. Yet, these representations appear to do little motivational work in practice; biodiversity continues to decline, and biodiversity policies face a wide implementation gap. In seven EU countries, we studied why people act for nature beyond professional obligations. We explore the motivations of 105 committed actors for nature in detail using life-history interviews, and trace these back to their childhood. Results show that the key concept for understanding committed action for nature is meaningfulness. People act for nature because nature is meaningful to them, connected to a life that makes sense and a difference in the world. These eudemonic values (expressing the meaningful life) constitute a crucial third pillar in the justification of nature conservation. Important policy implications are explored, e.g. with respect to public discourse and the encounter with nature in childhood.

... opinions are likely to differ from the preoccupations and understanding of individual ... 3. ... more ... opinions are likely to differ from the preoccupations and understanding of individual ... 3. IdentifyingMethodological Challenges| 63 Communicating to Different Audiences The ideal indicator would ... to indicator construction, issue selection, and depth of information provided than ...

Maritime Studies, 2021

The UK’s fishing industry has contracted considerably since 1972 due to overfishing, increased fu... more The UK’s fishing industry has contracted considerably since 1972 due to overfishing, increased fuel prices, and implementation of the European Union (EU) Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Despite this decline affecting the industry at large and the incomes of fishers, some fishers have carried on, or even freshly started or returned to the business. Why have these fishers done so despite the challenges they encounter in the fishing industry? In this article, we investigate why some fishers still choose to fish in the wake of all the EU regulations designed to control overfishing by reducing the size of the industry and discouraging entry by taking measures that affect revenues. Our data are collected through ethnographic research involving participant observation and interviews with fishers in North Shields, England. Based on our findings, we argue that the decision to carry on fishing, or even to return, is predominantly based on so-called intrinsic motivations, rather than on cost-be...

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

In 2014 more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas. In the energy sector that is the hi... more In 2014 more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas. In the energy sector that is the highest proportion of all carbon emission sectors, urban area release carbon 71-76% of global carbon emission. The first priority solution for solving climate change is carbon emission reduction in urban areas. The low carbon city is an area base management to meet the target of city carbon emission reduction. One of means for develop the carbon emission behavior in everyday life of the people is collaborative action in form of networking. The social network is the one of major concept for urban study. It used to focus in individual behavior, but now extended to study group of urban people as community network. The objective of this research was to study the pattern of community network for carbon emission reduction in Urban of Northeastern Thailand as Khon Kaen city. Data were collected via in-depth interviews as well as by participatory and non-participatory observations with 24 key info...

Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2008

... Dat is in Nederland en Thailand Marcel van der Klaauw. Dat is Inigo van Alphen, voor het corr... more ... Dat is in Nederland en Thailand Marcel van der Klaauw. Dat is Inigo van Alphen, voor het corrigeren van het Nederlands; en dat zijn de leden van mijn leer-stoelgroep Sociaal-wetenschappelijke Milieukunde: professor Wouter de Groot, Riyan van den Born en Alita van ...

Ecosystems and People

Relational values reflect the qualities of the relationships between humans and nature, such as c... more Relational values reflect the qualities of the relationships between humans and nature, such as care, social bonding, place attachment and spiritual meanings. In this perspective article, we argue that understanding relational values is vital for nature conservation, and we identify how incorporation of these values may function as leverage points for achieving more effective nature policy. We discuss the distinctive features of the concept of relational values and elaborate how relational values strongly influence people's perceptions of, engagement with and action for nature. Relational values can also provide important deep leverage points for policy interventions aiming to support citizen's contribution to nature conservation, to strengthen biodiversity policy and the relationship between people and nature. Based on three realms of leverage (re-think, restructure and reconnect), we distinguish six routes through which relational values can be integrated in policies and practices of nature conservation: (1) incorporation of pluralized meanings of nature; (2) the uptake of relational language in policy discourse; (3) a prioritization of landscape-based policy; (4) empowering citizens in nature conservation; (5) reorienting nature education to stimulate people's personal bond with nature; and (6) using digital technology to stimulate new relationships with nature.

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Biodiversity loss is a widely debated world problem, with huge economic, social, and environmenta... more Biodiversity loss is a widely debated world problem, with huge economic, social, and environmentally negative consequences. Despite the relevance of this issue, the psychological determinants of committed action towards nature and biodiversity have rarely been investigated. This study aims at identifying a comprehensive socialpsychological profile of activists committed to biodiversity protection and at understanding what determinants best predict their activism. A questionnaire investigating relevant social-psychological constructs identified in the literature on environmental activism was administered to 183 outstanding leaders (vs. non-leaders) in biodiversity protection across seven EU countries. Leaders (vs. non-leaders) in biodiversity protection showed, among other constructs, higher scores on environmental values, attitudes, identity, perceived control, a feeling of union and spirituality with nature, and willingness to sacrifice for their cause. Results are discussed within the theoretical framework of a motivation model of committed action for nature and biodiversity protection. Applications of the results are also proposed.

Environment and Behavior

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Ecology and Society

Despite the great emphasis on sustainable forest management in the 1998 Indonesian reform movemen... more Despite the great emphasis on sustainable forest management in the 1998 Indonesian reform movement, deforestation has only accelerated since then, with Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) exhibiting the highest rate of forest loss. Some forested areas have, however, been preserved by local communities. We investigate how and why two of these communities in Kapuas Hulu district, West Kalimantan, have managed to maintain their forests against the pressures of illegal logging and conversion to oil palm plantations. One village community had the capacity to act on its own, while the other needed additional capacity through intercommunity collaboration. Motivations behind these villages' decisions were both economic and eudaimonic; their desire for meaningful lives related to the community and environment and to past and future generations. The findings enrich the literature on land use change because description and analysis of successful resistance against logging and oil palm is still rare. As such, the findings offer a different way to understand and interrogate the challenges confronting present-day forest communities in Kalimantan and beyond, standing out against the mainstream impression that communities are still powerless or unwilling to resist the short-term economic lures. We also refer briefly to the environmental justice perspective.

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability