From the household to watershed: A cross-scale analysis of residential intention to adopt green stormwater infrastructure

《From the household to watershed: A cross-scale analysis of residential intention to adopt green stormwater infrastructure》

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关键字: Residential stormwater management; Environmental behavior adoption; Norms; Social-ecological system; Infiltration trenches; Rain gardens; IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES; UNITED-STATES; MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATIONS; ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNANCE; LESSONS

作者单位: [Coleman, Sarah] Univ Vermont, Dept Plant & Soil Sci, 232 Jeffords Hall,63 Carrigan Dr, Burlington, VT 05405 USA. [Hurley, Stephanie] Univ Vermont, Dept Plant & Soil Sci, 221 Jeffords Hall,63 Carrigan Dr, Burlington, VT 05405 USA. [Rizzo, Donna] Univ Vermont, Sch Engn, 213 Votey Hall,33 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405 USA. [Koliba, Christopher] Univ Vermont, Dept Community Dev & Appl Econ, 103 Morrill Hall,146 Univ Pl, Burlington, VT 05405 USA. [Zia, Asim] Univ Vermont, Dept Community Dev & Appl Econ, 208E Morrill Hall,146 Univ Pl, Burlington, VT 05405 USA. Coleman, S (reprint author), Univ Vermont, Dept Plant & Soil Sci, 232 Jeffords Hall,63 Carrigan Dr, Burlington, VT 05405 USA. E-Mail: scoleman@uvm.edu; stephanie.hurley@uvm.edu; drizzo@uvm.edu; ckoliba@uvm.edu; asim.zia@uvm.edu

摘要: Improved stormwater management for the protection of water resources requires bottom-up stewardship from landowners, including adoption of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI). We use a statewide survey of Vermont paired with a cross-scale and spatial analysis to evaluate the influence of interacting spatial, social, and physical factors on residential intention to adopt GSI across a complex social-ecological landscape. Specifically, we focus on how three GSI practices, ("rain garden (bio retention)," "infiltration trenches," and "actively divert roof runoff to a rain barrel/lawn/garden instead of the street/sewer") vary with barriers to adoption, and household attributes across stormwater contexts from the household to watershed scale. Private landowners, who may be motivated more by on-site and neighborhood stormwater problems, may gravitate toward practices like infiltration trenches compared with practices (e.g., rain gardens) perceived to serve stormwater function over larger areas. Diversion of roof runoff was found to be more likely to be a part of a larger assembly of green behaviors. Improved stormwater management outcomes at the watershed, town, neighborhood, and household levels depend on adaptive approaches and adjusting strategies along the rural-urban gradient, across the biophysical landscape, and according to varying norms and institutional arrangements.