Acceptance of new sanitation : The role of end-users' pro-environmental personal norms and risk and benefit perceptions
Autor: | P. Marijn Poortvliet, Jasper R. de Vries, Jan Weijma, Liese Sanders |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Value-belief-norm theory Risk perception Sanitation 0208 environmental biotechnology WASS 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Reuse Wastewater 01 natural sciences Waste Disposal Fluid Surveys and Questionnaires Pro-environmental personal norms Marketing Waste Management and Disposal Water Science and Technology media_common Netherlands Aged 80 and over Ecological Modeling Middle Aged Pollution Environmental Policy Female Milieutechnologie Adult Environmental Engineering Resource (biology) Strategic Communication media_common.quotation_subject Decision Making Strategische Communicatie Decentralized sanitation Water Supply Perception Humans 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Civil and Structural Engineering Aged WIMEK End user System innovation 020801 environmental engineering New sanitation Public Opinion Environmental Technology Business Willingness to accept |
Zdroj: | Water Research 131 (2018) Water Research, 131, 90-99 |
ISSN: | 0043-1354 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.watres.2017.12.032 |
Popis: | Current sanitation systems are inherently limited in their ability to address the new challenges for (waste)water management that arise from the rising demand to restore resource cycles. These challenges include removal of micropollutants, water (re)use, and nutrient recovery. New opportunities to address these challenges arise from new sanitation, a system innovation that combines elements of source separation, local treatment and reuse, and less use of water. New sanitation is applied, but not yet widespread, in several residential areas in Europe. Implementation is hindered by the lack of insight into the general public's willingness to engage in new sanitation, and the resulting uncertainty about this among decision makers and other stakeholders in wastewater management. Using value-belief-norm theory as a conceptual lens, this paper addresses the individual motivations (pro-environmental personal norms) and personal drivers (benefits) and barriers (risks) for acceptance of new sanitation by the Dutch general public. The results of an online survey (N = 338) indicated that both pro-environmental personal norms and risk and benefit perceptions predict consumers' willingness to accept new sanitation. More specifically, they showed that consumer acceptance is driven by perceived risks relating to the housing market and the need to change behavior, but also by environmental benefits. Overall, new sanitation was favorably evaluated by respondents: 64% indicated that they would likely use new sanitation if they were owner-occupiers. The results of this explorative study are discussed in light of the development of novel sanitation systems that are sensitive to perceptions of end-users and other key stakeholders. |
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