Can participation promote psychological ownership of a shared resource? An intervention study of community-based safe water infrastructure

Ambuehl, Benjamin; Kunwar, Bal Mukund; Schertenleib, Ariane; Marks, Sara; Inauen, Jennifer

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101818

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“…Correlational research on community-based purification technologies 48 and other shared water infrastucture 95,98 suggests that people's decision power 48,95,98 and knowledge 95 about the technology as well as their cash or labour contributions 98 to the technology or infrastructure increase felt ownership. However, in a recent intervention study on shared water infrastructure, participatory activities targeting these factors did not increase felt ownership of the infrastructure 76 . The roots of ownership-and particularly the potential effect of cash or labour contributionsshould be further researched as the commonly applied intervention of providing material (for example, refs.…”

Section: An Initial User-focused Tocmentioning

confidence: 90%

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The importance of user acceptance, support, and behaviour change for the implementation of decentralized water technologies

Contzen

Kollmann

Mosler³

2023

Nat Water

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Decentralized water treatment technologies could help in addressing global key water issues. Their successful implementation, however, depends on users' positive valuation and, depending on the technology, 'passive' use (rooted in acceptance), 'engaged' use (rooted in support) or 'active' use (rooted in behaviour change). Although users' valuation of a technology is contingent on its characteristics, positive valuation and use usually also require supporting promotion activities. Here we review the literature on psychological determinants of use as well as change techniques to promote use, and propose a user-focused theory of change to guide promotions. Our review highlights a lack of (conclusive) evidence on both psychological determinants and effective change techniques. We call on environmental and health psychologists to intensify their research on 'passive', 'engaged' and 'active' use of decentralized water treatment technologies and encourage engineers, practitioners and psychologists to intensify collaboration to ensure that technologies, implementation and promotions are optimally integrated.

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“…To our knowledge, no study has yet aimed at promoting perceived fairness, trust or psychological ownership to increase the use of decentralized treatment technologies. As to ownership, a promotion study in Nepal failed in increasing ownership of community-based piped drinking water supply 76 (Box 3).…”

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The importance of user acceptance, support, and behaviour change for the implementation of decentralized water technologies

Contzen

Kollmann

Mosler³

2023

Nat Water

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“…Such studies have used engineering research methods like spatial optimization, , life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost analysis, cost–benefit analysis, and techno-economic modeling . There is also a smaller but growing body of literature focusing on social dynamics of decentralized and hybrid urban water systems, including sociotechnical transitions, stakeholder perceptions, , and policy and governance arrangements. ,, Recent scholarship has highlighted the need for more research into governance arrangements that enable transformative innovation in urban water management. , These research efforts are critical to supporting the implementation of new OWR systems and understanding new power arrangements and dynamics that might emerge along with innovative technology adoption …”

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Actor Roles and Networks in Implementing Urban Water Innovation: A Study of Onsite Water Reuse in the San Francisco Bay Area

Wagner

Nelson

Binz

et al. 2023

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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As climate change and rapid urbanization stress our aging water infrastructure, cities are under increasing pressure to develop more flexible, resilient, and modular water management systems. In response, onsite water reuse practices have been adopted by several cities globally. In addition to technological innovation, these novel water treatment systems also require new stakeholder collaborations, relationships, and processes to support them. There are, however, few models for stakeholder arrangements that support and encourage the adoption and success of such infrastructure. In this paper, we use interviews with stakeholders involved in onsite water reuse projects in the San Francisco Bay Area to create a social network map that describes the interactions between stakeholders at large and during specific phases of project implementation. Using qualitative content analysis of expert interviews and social network analysis, we identify four actor roles that are key to the functioning of this novel water infrastructure paradigm�specialists, continuity providers, program champions, and conveners�and discuss the importance of each role through the course of project implementation. These findings can be helpful for policy interventions and outreach efforts by other cities and communities looking to implement onsite water systems.

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“…Psychological ownership was later established in other areas as an important concept [53], for example, in safe water. Psychological ownership was identified as a factor related to the acceptance, use, and sustainability of safe drinking water infrastructure in various cultural contexts [54][55][56][57]. In India, researchers ( [58], p. 1472) find 'a lack of sense of ownership among local community restricting their participation in operation and maintenance of water sources.…”

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Contextualized Measurement Scale Adaptation: A 4-Step Tutorial for Health Psychology Research

Ambuehl

Inauen

2022

IJERPH

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Health psychology research is inherently context specific: Different health behaviors are executed by different target groups (e.g., gender, age) in different social structures, cultures, and environments. This asks for the adaptation of research instruments to enhance specificity. For example, when using measurement scales in new contexts, translation and psychometric validation of the instruments are necessary but not sufficient if the validity of the psychological concept behind a measurement scale has not been researched. In this study, we build on existing guidelines of translation as well as psychometric validation and present four steps on how to adapt measurement scales to a new context: Step 1 asks whether the psychological concept is found in the new context. Step 2 asks whether the measurement scale and its items are understood in the new context. Step 3 asks whether a measurement scale is valid and reliable. Step 4 asks how the items of the measurement scale perform individually. Following these four steps, measurement scales are carefully translated, adapted, and validated and can therefore be transferred to very different contexts.

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Can participation promote psychological ownership of a shared resource? An intervention study of community-based safe water infrastructure

Cited by 14 publications

References 76 publications

The importance of user acceptance, support, and behaviour change for the implementation of decentralized water technologies

The importance of user acceptance, support, and behaviour change for the implementation of decentralized water technologies

Actor Roles and Networks in Implementing Urban Water Innovation: A Study of Onsite Water Reuse in the San Francisco Bay Area

Contextualized Measurement Scale Adaptation: A 4-Step Tutorial for Health Psychology Research

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