A Hermeneutic Approach to Explaining and Understanding Public Controversies

Lejano, Raul P.; Leong, Ching

doi:10.1093/jopart/mus001

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“…Our commitment to the dimension of meaning also moves us to explore ways of "modeling" systems by incorporating the natural into models that are hitherto semiotic. An example of the latter strategy is found in attempts to capture social-ecological systems on the plane of narrative (e.g., Lejano and Leong 2012).…”

Section: Core Principles Of Social Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing the Resilience of Human–Environment Systems: a Social Ecological Perspective

Stokols¹,

Lejano²,

Hipp³

2013

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ABSTRACT. Resilience studies build on the notion that phenomena in the real world should be understood as dynamic socialecological systems. However, the scholarly community may not be fully aware that social ecology, as a conceptual framework, has a long intellectual history, nor fully cognizant of its foundational theory. In this article, we trace the intellectual roots and core principles of social ecology and demonstrate how these principles enable a broader conceptualization of resilience than may be found in much of the literature. We then illustrate how the resulting notion of resilience as transactional process and multi-capital formation affords new perspectives on diverse phenomena such as global financial crises and adaptation to environmental stresses to communities and ecosystems. A social-ecological analysis of resilience enables the study of peopleenvironment transactions across varying dimensions, time periods, and scales. Furthermore, in its openness to experiential knowledge and action research, the social ecology framework coheres well with participative-collaborative modes of inquiry, which traverse institutional, epistemological, and scale-related boundaries.

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Section: Core Principles Of Social Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing the Resilience of Human–Environment Systems: a Social Ecological Perspective

Stokols¹,

Lejano²,

Hipp³

2013

E&S

194

145

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“…Opposition campaigns have often highlighted aversive elements in their presentation of water recycling efforts. For example, activists have described water reuse as “toilet to tap” or have chosen the name “Citizens Against Drinking Sewage” for their public interest group [ Hurlimann and Dolnicar , ; Lejano and Leong , ]. At the individual level, Nancarrow et al .…”

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The psychology of recycled water: Factors predicting disgust and willingness to use

Wester

Timpano

Çek

et al. 2016

Water Resources Research

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Water recycling is increasingly recognized as a critical strategy to maintain sustainable water supplies. Yet public acceptance of water recycling often lags behind. It is unclear the degree to which individuals are aware of the role of disgust in their decisions about recycled water, how important anticipated disgust is to willingness to use when controlling for other factors, and what the most effective method of presenting information about water recycling would be to decrease disgust reactions and increase willingness to use. We used a two‐pronged approach, combining a survey with open‐ended and psychometric measures with an experimental manipulation, in a U.S., web‐based sample (N = 428). Only 2% of participants self‐identified disgust as important to their decisions about recycled water. When measured directly using a Likert scale, however, anticipated disgust was the strongest predictor of willingness to use recycled water when controlling for individual differences that have been shown to impact willingness to use, including a subscale of individual pathogen disgust sensitivity. Finally, participants were exposed to an educational brochure about water reuse framed either affectively or cognitively or were shown a simple, neutral definition. Exposure to either the affectively or cognitively framed brochures lowered anticipated disgust, but did not significantly affect willingness to use recycled water compared to the neutral condition.

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“…This, too, is remarkable. Nevertheless, the character of the newspaper media coverage in this study reveals that GWRS is noncontroversial, which is unlike other projects [10,15,50].…”

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Newspaper Coverage of Potable Water Recycling at Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System, 2000–2016

Ormerod

Silvia

2017

Water

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Water planners in water-strapped communities in the western United States and beyond increasingly consider potable water recycling an important water management strategy. Although potable water recycling can increase an otherwise limited urban water supply, the threat of public or political opposition often looms large. This paper examines newspaper coverage of the most widely celebrated potable water reuse project in the world-the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) in Orange County, California, USA. The case study examines the coverage of GWRS contained in local, national, and international newspapers during an era of significant investment and repeated expansion. Despite the potential controversy associated with drinking recycled wastewater, there was no negative newspaper coverage of GWRS from 2000-2016. Much of the coverage was mundane, however several articles embraced infrastructure and technology as key to developing new water resources while protecting public and environmental health. Although potable water recycling is presented as an innovative solution capable of solving several problems at once, a close analysis reveals that recycled water may not fulfill the promise of an uninterruptible urban water supply.

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A Hermeneutic Approach to Explaining and Understanding Public Controversies

Cited by 61 publications

References 28 publications

Enhancing the Resilience of Human–Environment Systems: a Social Ecological Perspective

Enhancing the Resilience of Human–Environment Systems: a Social Ecological Perspective

The psychology of recycled water: Factors predicting disgust and willingness to use

Newspaper Coverage of Potable Water Recycling at Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System, 2000–2016

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Enhancing the Resilience of Human&#8211;Environment Systems: a Social Ecological Perspective

Enhancing the Resilience of Human&#8211;Environment Systems: a Social Ecological Perspective

The psychology of recycled water: Factors predicting disgust and willingness to use

Newspaper Coverage of Potable Water Recycling at Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System, 2000–2016

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