Stakeholders’ Attitudes about the Transplantations of the Mediterranean Seagrass Posidonia oceanica as a Habitat Restoration Measure after Anthropogenic Impacts: A Q Methodology Approach

Autor: F. Bertasi, Arturo Zenone, Barbara La Porta, Claudia Bulleri, Agostino Tomasello, Giovanni D’Anna, Maria Flavia Gravina, Anna Cacciuni, Alessandro Piazzi, Monica Targusi, Tiziano Bacci, Carlo Pipitone, Sebastiano Calvo, Stefano Conconi, Cecilia Mancusi, Fabio Badalamenti
Přispěvatelé: Zenone A., Pipitone C., D'anna G., La Porta B., Bacci T., Bertasi F., Bulleri C., Cacciuni A., Calvo S., Conconi S., Gravina M.F., Mancusi C., Piazzi A., Targusi M., Tomasello A., Badalamenti F.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Sustainability
Volume 13
Issue 21
Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12216, p 12216 (2021)
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su132112216
Popis: Anthropogenic impacts on Posidonia oceanica meadows have led to a decline of this ecosystem throughout the Mediterranean. Transplantations have often been prescribed as a compensation measure to mitigate the impacts caused by coastal maritime works. Here a Q methodology approach was used to investigate the stakeholders’ attitudes in four case studies of P. oceanica transplants realized in Italian waters. Twenty-two respondents were asked to score 37 statements, and the resultant Q-sorting was analyzed via an inverse PCA using the KADE software. Four discourses, corresponding to the significant axes in the factorial analysis were identified: science and conservation (F1), oriented at a rigorous scientific approach
engineering and industry (F2), oriented at the economic development
environmentalism and participation (F3), oriented at the conservation of seagrass meadows
and transplantation-oriented (F4), oriented at the realization of transplants as compensation measures. The main conflicts and agreements between discourses are assessed and discussed, based on the analysis of the distinguishing statements that contributed to consensus or disagreement among discourses. The benefits of the Q methodology in the identification and mediation of conflicts in the four case studies are discussed, and its potential as a powerful aid in the development of a good environmental governance is acknowledged.
Databáze: OpenAIRE