Studies of Social Perceptions

Published Papers

Ribe, R.  1999.  Regeneration harvests versus clearcuts: public views of the acceptability and aesthetics of Northwest Forest Plan harvests.  Northwest Science 73 (Special Issue): 102-117.

Ribe, R. G. 2000.  Views of Old Forestry and New among interest groups in the Pacific Northwest.  In:  Book of Abstracts:  8^th  International Symposium on Society and Resource Management; 2000 June 17-22; Bellingham, WA.  Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-497.  Portland, OR: U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station:  pp. 260-261.

Ribe, R. G. 2000.  Views of National Forests' acceptability:  Is scenic beauty a proxy for acceptability and how much does information effect perceptions between interest groups?   In:  Book of Abstracts: 8^th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management; 2000 June 17-22; Bellingham, WA.  Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-497.  Portland, OR: U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station:  p.  261.

Ribe, R. G.  2002.  Is scenic beauty a proxy for acceptable management?  The influence of environmental attitudes on perceptions of forest scenes.  Environment and Behavior 34(6):757-780.

Ribe, R. G. 2005. Aesthetic perceptions of green tree retention harvest in vista views: The interaction of cut level, retention pattern and harvest shape. Landscape and Urban Planning 73(4):277-293.

Ribe, R. G. 2005. Comparing changes in scenic beauty produced by green-tree retention harvests, thinnings and clearcuts: evidence from three Pacific Northwest experiments. Pages 137-145 in C. E. Peterson and D. A. Maguire, editors. Balancing ecosystem values: innovative experiments for sustainable forestry. Proceedings of a conference. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-635.

Ribe, R. G., and M. Matteson. 2002. Views of  old forestry and new among reference groups in the Pacific Northwest.  Western Journal of Applied Forestry 17:173-182.

Ribe, R.G., E.T. Armstrong, and P.H. Gobster.  2002.  Scenic vistas and the changing policy landscape: visualizing and testing the role of visual resources in ecosystem management.  Landscape Journal 21(1):42-66.

Ribe, R. G., and T. Silvaggio. 2002. National forest management in timber and spotted owl country: A survey of interested people in western Oregon and Washington. Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon.

Ribe, R., and T. Silvaggio. 2005. Aesthetic perceptions of green-tree
retention harvests in vista views: the interaction of cut level, retention pattern and harvest shape. Page 370 in C. E. Peterson and D. A. Maguire, editors. Balancing ecosystem values: innovative experiments for sustainable forestry. Proceedings of a conference. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-635.

Theses/Dissertations

McDade, K.  1999.  The New Northwest?:  Regional perspectives of national forest management by recreation type, place of residence, and time spent in the Pacific Northwest.  M.S. thesis.  University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.   97 p.

Presentations/Posters

Ribe, R.  1998.  Acceptability perceptions of landscape ecological patterns prescribed by the Northwest Forest Plan.  1998 Conference of the U.S. International Association for Landscape Ecology at Michigan State University.

Ribe.  R.  2001.  Public perceptions of green-tree retention harvests and new forestry intentions.  Visual Resources and the Working Forest Conference, Kamloops, B.C. 

Ribe, R.  2002.  Aesthetics and ecosystem policy acceptance.  2002. Conference of the International Society for Ecosystem Health, Washington, D.C.

Ribe, R.  2004. Interplay of information, ideology, aesthetics and judgement type in perception of Forest Plans. 45th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Portland, OR.

Ribe, R, and T. Silvaggio.  2005.  Interaction of cut level, retention pattern and harvest shape in producing aesthetic perceptions of green-tree retention harvests in vista views. Science and the Northwest Forest Plan: Knowledge Gained Over a Decade, Portland, OR.

Ribe, R., E. Armstrong, and B. York.  2005.  Visioning ecosystem management patterns of the Northwest Forest Plan. Science and the Northwest Forest Plan: Knowledge Gained Over a Decade, Portland, OR.

Ribe, R. E.  2006.  Social acceptability of forestry in the U.S. Pacific Northwest: information effects upon perceptions of clearcuts, thinnings, green-tree retention and old growth preservation, 12th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Ribe, R. G. 2007. Using acceptability distribution analysis and perceptual
information effects to assess alternative timber harvest techniques. 38th
Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association, Sacramento, CA.

Ribe, R. G. 2007. Testing demographic attribute combinations as predictors
of attitudes toward forestry in Oregon. 13th International Symposium on
Society and Resource Management, Park City, UT.