Liz Thomas

How personality traits are associated with environmental engagement

Scientists find that the Big Five personality traits are related to environmental values and behavior at the individual and national level. Policymakers can use this information to tailor programs and policies to yield changes in environmental behavior.

Monday, March 31, 2014
Liz Thomas

Public attitudes towards bike-sharing

Cities can implement effective bicycle-friendly programs by examining how different groups of people view bike transportation

Monday, March 17, 2014
Liz Thomas

Property tax incentives benefit forest connectivity

Forest property tax incentives are effective tools for ensuring landscape connectivity, yet what type of program forest owners participate in differs by type of forest and owners. Policymakers can use this information to tailor programs and policies to increase forest conservation programs.

Monday, March 3, 2014
Liz Thomas

Does river restoration help reptiles and amphibians?

Scientists examine how riparian restoration projects influence amphibian and reptile species and suggest several methods that natural resource managers can use to improve river rehabilitation projects.

Monday, February 17, 2014
Liz Thomas

Are wolves and road construction compatible?

Wolf movement is negatively affected by road construction, but more due to human activity than the presence of human infrastructure and machinery.

Sunday, September 29, 2013
Liz Thomas

Assessing tools for formalizing property rights

Offering property licenses to "squatter communities" may not make property rights more secure as investment and property markets fail to take newly registered property licenses seriously

Sunday, August 4, 2013
Liz Thomas

How and why environmental issues are neglected

Understanding how and why people fail to recognize the importance of future environmental problems can be used to tailor responses to environmental information problems

Sunday, July 21, 2013
Liz Thomas

Using Land Use Policy and Zoning to protect environmentally sensitive areas from informal settlements

Scientists examine how zoning and land use policy can protect environmentally sensitive areas at the fringe of the cities from damage by shantytowns. Political and social factors can often cause these policies to fail.

Sunday, March 10, 2013
Liz Thomas

Finding wildlife habitat in urban areas

Scientists find that golf courses can be suitable nesting habitat for turtles.

Sunday, February 10, 2013
Liz Thomas

Entrepreneur and decision makers' attitudes matter in realizing tourism opportunities near national parks

Scientists explore how entrepreneurs and decision makers can make or break how a national park benefits a community

Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Liz Thomas
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