Domain‐based perceptions of risk: a case study of lay and technical community attitudes toward managed aquifer recharge

Leviston, Zoe; Browne, Alison; Greenhill, Murni

doi:10.1111/jasp.12079

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“…However, researchers are increasingly recognising the importance of the relationship between risk perceptions and trust in the institutions or organisations that oversee reuse schemes (e.g. Leviston et al 2013, Goodwin et al 2017. As previously mentioned, several modelling-based studies have argued that higher levels of trust are associated with lower perceptions of risk, which in turn increase the likelihood of acceptance (Nancarrow et al 2009, Bratanova et al 2013, Ross et al 2014.…”

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Public responses to water reuse – Understanding the evidence

Smith

Brouwer

Jeffrey

et al. 2018

Journal of Environmental Management

132

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Over the years, much research has attempted to unpack what drives public responses to water reuse, using a variety of approaches. A large amount of this work was captured by an initial review that covered research undertaken up to the early 2000s (Hartley, 2006). This paper showcases post-millennium evidence and thinking around public responses to water reuse, and highlights the novel insights and shifts in emphasis that have occurred in the field. Our analysis is structured around four broad, and highly interrelated, strands of thinking: 1) work focused on identifying the range of factors that influence public reactions to the concept of water reuse, and broadly looking for associations between different factors; 2) more specific approaches rooted in the socio-psychological modelling techniques; 3) work with a particular focus on understanding the influences of trust, risk perceptions and affective (emotional) reactions; and 4) work utilising social constructivist perspectives and socio-technical systems theory to frame responses to water reuse. Some of the most significant advancements in thinking in this field stem from the increasingly sophisticated understanding of the 'yuck factor' and the role of such pre-cognitive affective reactions. These are deeply entrenched within individuals, but are also linked with wider societal processes and social representations. Work in this area suggests that responses to reuse are situated within an overall process of technological 'legitimation'. These emerging insights should help stimulate some novel thinking around approaches to public engagement for water reuse.

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Section: Trust Risk Perceptions and Affective Reactionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public responses to water reuse – Understanding the evidence

Smith

Brouwer

Jeffrey

et al. 2018

Journal of Environmental Management

132

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“…Russell and Lux [] argue that this framing is limiting in that in portrays the public as irrational and emotional in contrast to more “rational” expert opinions. This contention is supported by studies that have found that when communities are engaged in governance, differences in position between the lay public and scientific experts are not as large or insurmountable as traditionally supposed [ Leviston et al ., ]. Russell and Lux [] further contend that the “yuck factor” narrative implies that public opinion is fixed and that disgust reactions cannot be overcome.…”

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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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“…Experts usually ascribe these mismatches to a lack of knowledge by users, who should be "better educated" to be able to understand and accept the experts' opinions, improvements or solutions [6]. This attitude ignores the informal expertise of users [8] and overlooks the possibility that mismatches often have other causes such as a different viewpoint ( [5,6]; [7]). In seed systems the prospective users are farmers, who usually are experts on their own field.…”

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Understanding perceptions of potato seed quality among small-scale farmers in Peruvian highlands

Urrea-Hernandez

Almekinders

Dam

2016

NJAS: Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

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The increased opportunities of smallholder farmers for commercial production of native potato varieties have resulted in an interest to support production and use of quality seed tubers of these varieties by the formal sector. In this context, a study was carried out to explore farmer perception of seed quality and the differences with formal expert perceptions of seed quality. It introduces Means-End-Chains methodology as a novel approach in studying farmers' decision on the use of varieties and seed. Results show that security, health and wellness are important personal values that influence the quality perception of small-scale farmers in Andean highlands. To pursue these values, they look for seed tubers that reflect the variety characteristics in combination with seed quality cues that reflect altitude, soil and low input management. Farmers do not associate these last ones with seed tubers from the formal seed sector.

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Domain‐based perceptions of risk: a case study of lay and technical community attitudes toward managed aquifer recharge

Cited by 7 publications

References 54 publications

Public responses to water reuse – Understanding the evidence

Public responses to water reuse – Understanding the evidence

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

Understanding perceptions of potato seed quality among small-scale farmers in Peruvian highlands

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