Chad Zanocco
Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering
All Publications
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Constructing dynamic residential energy lifestyles using Latent Dirichlet Allocation
APPLIED ENERGY
2022; 318
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119109
View details for Web of Science ID 000799559500007
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Food Practice Lifestyles: Identification and Implications for Energy Sustainability.
International journal of environmental research and public health
2022; 19 (9)
Abstract
Food systems, including production, acquisition, preparation, and consumption, feature importantly in environmental sustainability, energy consumption and climate change. With predicted increases in food and water shortages associated with climate change, food-related lifestyle and behavioral changes are advocated as important mitigation and adaptation measures. Yet, reducing emissions from food systems is predicted to be one of our greatest challenges now and in the future. Traditional theories of environmental behavioral change often assume that individuals make "reasoned choices" that incorporate cost-benefit assessment, moral and normative concerns and affect/symbolic motives, yielding behavioral interventions that are often designed as informational or structural strategies. In contrast, some researchers recommend moving toward an approach that systematically examines the temporal organization of society with an eye toward understanding the patterns of social practices to better understand behaviors and develop more targeted and effective interventions. Our study follows on these recommendations with a study of food consumption "lifestyles" in the United States, using extant time use diary data from a nationally representative sample of Americans (n = 16,100) from 2014 to 2016. We use cluster analysis to identify unique groups based on temporal and locational eating patterns. We find evidence of six respondent clusters with distinct patterns of food consumption based on timing and location of eating, as well as individual and household characteristics. Factors associated with cluster membership include age, employment status, and marital status. We note the close connections between age and behaviors, suggesting that a life course scholarship approach may add valuable insight. Based on our findings, we identify opportunities for promoting sustainable energy use in the context of the transition to renewables, such as targeting energy-shifting and efficiency-improvement interventions based on group membership.
View details for DOI 10.3390/ijerph19095638
View details for PubMedID 35565032
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Shelter from the storm: How perceived extreme event experience and government trust shape public support for climate change mitigation policy in the United States
RISK HAZARDS & CRISIS IN PUBLIC POLICY
2022
View details for DOI 10.1002/rhc3.12250
View details for Web of Science ID 000778792800001
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Poor Air Quality during Wildfires Related to Support for Public Safety Power Shutoffs
SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES
2022
View details for DOI 10.1080/08941920.2022.2041138
View details for Web of Science ID 000758863300001
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Global Changes in Electricity Consumption During COVID-19.
iScience
2021: 103568
Abstract
Understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered electricity consumption can provide insights into society's responses to future shocks and other extreme events. We quantify changes in electricity consumption in 58 different countries/regions around the world from January-October 2020, and examine how those changes relate to government restrictions, health outcomes, GDP, mobility metrics, and electricity sector characteristics in different countries. We cluster the timeseries of electricity consumption changes to identify impact groupings that capture systematic differences in timing, depth of initial changes and recovery rate, revealing substantial heterogeneity. Results show that stricter government restrictions and larger decreases in mobility (particularly retail and recreation) are most tightly linked to decreases in electricity consumption, though these relationships are strongest during the initial phase of the pandemic. We find indications that decreases in electricity consumption relate to pre-pandemic sensitivity to holidays, suggesting a new direction for future research.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103568
View details for PubMedID 34877481
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When the lights go out: Californians' experience with wildfire-related public safety power shutoffs increases intention to adopt solar and storage
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
2021; 79
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102183
View details for Web of Science ID 000697852800040
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Public preferences for five electricity grid decarbonization policies in California(sic)(sic)(sic)Palabras clave
REVIEW OF POLICY RESEARCH
2021
View details for DOI 10.1111/ropr.12442
View details for Web of Science ID 000683397900001
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NIMBY, YIMBY, or something else? Geographies of public perceptions of shale gas development in the Marcellus Shale (vol 15, 074039, 2020)
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2021; 16 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/abf8e2
View details for Web of Science ID 000647273900001
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Exploring household energy rules and activities during peak demand to better determine potential responsiveness to time-of-use pricing
ENERGY POLICY
2020; 144
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111608
View details for Web of Science ID 000565661900025
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NIMBY, YIMBY, or something else? Geographies of public perceptions of shale gas development in the Marcellus Shale
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2020; 15 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ab7d01
View details for Web of Science ID 000552684500001
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Event attribution and partisanship shape local discussion of climate change after extreme weather
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
2020; 10 (1): 69-+
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41558-019-0641-3
View details for Web of Science ID 000508087400025
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Exploring the effects of California's COVID-19 shelter-in-place order on household energy practices and intention to adopt smart home technologies
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
2020
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110578
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Personal harm and support for climate change mitigation policies: Evidence from 10 US communities impacted by extreme weather
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
2019; 59
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101984
View details for Web of Science ID 000501648400004
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Spatial Discontinuities in Support for Hydraulic Fracturing: Searching for a "Goldilocks Zone"
SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES
2019
View details for DOI 10.1080/08941920.2019.1616864
View details for Web of Science ID 000468671500001
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An Energy Lifestyles Program for Tweens: A Pilot Study
ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 2019
View details for DOI 10.1145/3290607.3312760
View details for Web of Science ID 000482042101143
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Cultural Worldviews and Political Process Preferences
SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY
2018; 99 (4): 1377–89
View details for DOI 10.1111/ssqu.12500
View details for Web of Science ID 000449992200008
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Fracking Bad Guys: The Role of Narrative Character Affect in Shaping Hydraulic Fracturing Policy Preferences
POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL
2018; 46 (4): 978–99
View details for DOI 10.1111/psj.12278
View details for Web of Science ID 000451451600011
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Policy Narratives and Policy Outcomes: An NPF Examination of Oregon's Ballot Measure 97
POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL
2018; 46 (4): 771–97
View details for DOI 10.1111/psj.12263
View details for Web of Science ID 000451451600003
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Exploring the impacts of climate and policy changes on coastal community resilience: Simulating alternative future scenarios
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
2018; 109: 80–92
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.07.022
View details for Web of Science ID 000446240500007
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The Effect of Geographic Proximity to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development on Public Support for Hydraulic Fracturing
RISK ANALYSIS
2018; 38 (9): 1871–90
Abstract
With the rapid growth of unconventional oil and natural gas development transforming the U.S. economic and physical landscape, social scientists have increasingly explored the spatial dynamics of public support for this issue-that is, whether people closer to unconventional oil and gas development are more supportive or more opposed. While theoretical frameworks like construal-level theory and the "Not in My Backyard" (or NIMBY) moniker provide insight into these spatial dynamics, case studies in specific locations experiencing energy development reveal substantial variation in community responses. Larger-scale studies exploring the link between proximity and support have been hampered by data quality and availability. We draw on a unique data set that includes geo-coded data from national surveys (nine waves; n = 19,098) and high-resolution well location data to explore the relationship between proximity and both familiarity with and support for hydraulic fracturing. We use two different measures of proximity-respondent distance to the nearest well and the density of wells within a certain radius of the respondent's location. We find that both types of proximity to new development are linked to more familiarity with hydraulic fracturing, even after controlling for various individual and contextual factors, but only distance-based proximity is linked to more support for the practice. When significant, these relationships are similar to or exceed the effects of race, income, gender, and age. We discuss the implications of these findings for effective risk communication as well as the importance of incorporating spatial analysis into public opinion research on perceptions of energy development.
View details for DOI 10.1111/risa.12989
View details for Web of Science ID 000444965400010
View details for PubMedID 29637576
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Community climate change beliefs, awareness, and actions in the wake of the September 2013 flooding in Boulder County, Colorado
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SCIENCES
2018; 8 (3): 312–25
View details for DOI 10.1007/s13412-018-0479-4
View details for Web of Science ID 000538839000007
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Analyzing the factors that influence US public support for exporting natural gas
ENERGY POLICY
2018; 120: 666–74
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.05.066
View details for Web of Science ID 000440123300062
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Mapping Out Climate Change: Assessing How Coastal Communities Adapt Using Alternative Future Scenarios
JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH
2018; 34 (5): 1196–1208
View details for DOI 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-17-00115.1
View details for Web of Science ID 000444803400017
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Place, proximity, and perceived harm: extreme weather events and views about climate change
CLIMATIC CHANGE
2018; 149 (3-4): 349–65
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10584-018-2251-x
View details for Web of Science ID 000443398900006
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Great Basin land managers provide detailed feedback about usefulness of two climate information web applications
CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
2018; 20: 78–94
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.crm.2018.04.001
View details for Web of Science ID 000433307100007
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Co-producing software for complex environmental data visualization
ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 2018: 818–19
View details for DOI 10.1145/3209281.3209406
View details for Web of Science ID 000511427500109
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The effect of industry activities on public support for 'fracking'
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
2016; 25 (4): 593–612
View details for DOI 10.1080/09644016.2016.1153771
View details for Web of Science ID 000383520000002