SALKA, Willian <br/><br/>
Urban-rural conflict over environmental policy in the western united states 

 -  2001 
<br/><br/> There has been considerable debate within the literature over the degree which environmental conflict  in the Western United States stems from tensions between urban and rural areas. A number of scholars have suggested that such conflict exists throughout the West; others have argued either that this urban-rural conflict does not exist or that conflict over environmental preferences stems form factors other than place of residence. This study uses voting on statewide environmental ballot measures, with  counties as the unit of analysis, to investigate whether voters in urban and rural areas  express different levels of support for environmental protectin.When such differencs are found, the study offers explantions. Findings suggest that urban counties do vote in support of environmental protection at significantly higher levels thanrural counties but that  demographic variables and economic conditions are more influential in determining those levels of support than is the urban or rural nature of the county