Nested risks and responsibilities: Perspectives on fertilizer from human urine in two U.S. regions
| Autor: | Rebecca Hardin, Tatiana Schreiber, Kim Nace, Audrey Pallmeyer, Shaina Opperman, Julia Cavicchi, Nancy G. Love |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Technology
Social Sciences 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Fertilizer Geography. Anthropology. Recreation TX341-641 GE1-350 Community development GV1-1860 media_common Distrust 05 social sciences HT390-395 Agriculture Community Development Social research Participatory Action Research HT51-1595 Human ecology. Anthropogeography Food systems 050703 geography Human Urine medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject 0507 social and economic geography Participatory action research Communities. Classes. Races TX1-1110 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology GF1-900 Regional planning medicine Food Systems Environmental planning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences business.industry Wastewater Management Nutrition. Foods and food supply Public health HT101-395 Recreation. Leisure Risk perception Environmental sciences business Home economics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Vol 10, Iss 3 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2152-0801 |
| Popis: | This paper reports on social research investigating perceptions concerning the diversion of urine from the waste stream and its use as fertilizer in two study regions, New England and the Upper Midwest. We hypothesized that discomfort or disgust might affect acceptance of such a shift in human “waste” management. However, our findings suggest that a more significant concern of those potentially involved in this process may be distrust of how economic interests influence scientific and technical information. Both physical risks (to the environment and public health) and socio-political risks (to fragile farm economies and consumer communities) play out at individual, household, regional, and global scales. We describe the intersection of these complex understandings as nested risks and responsibilities that must inform the future of urine reclamation. Our respondents' shared concern about environmental risks has already galvanized communities to take responsibility for implementing closed-loop alternatives to current agricultural inputs and waste management practices in their communities. Attention to these nested understandings of both risk and responsibility should shape research priorities and foster participatory approaches to urine nutrient reclamation, including strategies for education, planning, regulation, technology design, and agricultural application. |
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