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Domain-based perceptions of risk : a case study of lay and technical community attitudes towards managed aquifer recharge. / Leviston, Zoe; Browne, Alison; Greenhill, Murni.
In: Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 43, No. 6, 06.2013, p. 1159-1176.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Domain-based perceptions of risk
T2 - a case study of lay and technical community attitudes towards managed aquifer recharge
AU - Leviston, Zoe
AU - Browne, Alison
AU - Greenhill, Murni
N1 - This is a pre-print of an article published in Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43 (6), 2013. (c) Wiley.
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - Despite growing water scarcity, communities in many parts of the developed world often reject technically and economically sound options for water augmentation. This paper reports findings from a study investigating risk perceptions associated with a proposed Managed Aquifer Recharge scheme in Australia. Q-Methodology was used to compare decision-making frameworks of lay community and „technical expert‟ participants. Technical expert participants were also asked to approximate the decision-making framework of a „typical‟ community member. The emerging contrasts between lay community frameworks and those approximated by technical experts suggest that there are prevailing yet errant assumptions about lay community attitudes towards new technologies. The findings challenge the characterisation of the lay community and technical experts as being in entrenched opposition with one another.
AB - Despite growing water scarcity, communities in many parts of the developed world often reject technically and economically sound options for water augmentation. This paper reports findings from a study investigating risk perceptions associated with a proposed Managed Aquifer Recharge scheme in Australia. Q-Methodology was used to compare decision-making frameworks of lay community and „technical expert‟ participants. Technical expert participants were also asked to approximate the decision-making framework of a „typical‟ community member. The emerging contrasts between lay community frameworks and those approximated by technical experts suggest that there are prevailing yet errant assumptions about lay community attitudes towards new technologies. The findings challenge the characterisation of the lay community and technical experts as being in entrenched opposition with one another.
KW - reuse
KW - recycled water
KW - managed aquifer recharge
KW - Western Australia
KW - risk
KW - Perceptions
U2 - 10.1111/jasp.12079
DO - 10.1111/jasp.12079
M3 - Journal article
VL - 43
SP - 1159
EP - 1176
JO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
SN - 0021-9029
IS - 6
ER -