La medida de la percepción social del medio ambiente. Una revisión de las aportaciones realizadas por la sociología

Abstract

The present aiticle reviews the social methodologies used by sociology as vvell as some of the main results obtained in the study of environmental perception. First, it examines how this discipline has answered a set of interwoven questions regarding to what to measure, whom to measure, how to measure and what to measure for. Next, it reviews the contributions provided by some Spanish researchers in this field, which according to the author, still suífers from: (a) fragmentation and lack of comparability; (b) lack of synthesis and theoretical debility; (c) preference for quantitative designs; (d) irregularity; and (e) lack of integration. Finally, the conclusión is framed within a broader discussion related to the main debates and tensions which affect current social environmental sciences. This revievv aims not only to contribute to the consolidation of this line of research within sociology but to provide some criteria to evalúate the relevance of what has been measured.