Lawn enforcement: How municipal policies and neighborhood norms influence homeowner residential landscape management

Sisser, John M.; Nelson, Kristen C.; Larson, Kelli L.; Ogden, Laura A.; Polsky, Colin; Chowdhury, Rinku Roy

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.02.011

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“…In addition, the ratio of this response was also different between the two populations, with a ratio of nearly 1:4 for yes/no responses in residents, compared with a ratio of nearly 1:3 in decision makers. Research in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN, found marked differences among suburban, exurban, and urban respondents in their awareness of irrigation and grass height ordinances, with suburban residents having far greater awareness (Sisser et al, 2016). As this research surveyed residents across the state in different residential conditions, further segregation of the data could illuminate populations to target for improving policy awareness.…”

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“…Although a person's home and neighborhood are a ''public portrait of themselves'' (Nassauer, 1995), the lawn is not merely an individualistic endeavor and is subject to communal-social and regulatory forces. For example, many municipalities have ordinances specifying irrigation restrictions, prohibition of nuisance weeds, or grass height limits, although these ordinances are usually enforced only by neighbor complaint (Sisser et al, 2016). Foucault (1978) outlines an approach useful in locating ''the forms of power, the channels it takes, and the discourse it permeates in order to reach [.…”

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Culture, Science, and Activism in Florida Lawn and Landscape Fertilizer Policy

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Unruh

Kenworthy

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Every county and municipality in Florida can adopt its own unique ordinance regulating the fertilization of lawns and landscapes. With increased concern for eutrophication to state waterbodies, many have chosen to implement seasonal fertilizer restrictive periods prohibiting the application of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers, typically during the rainy summer months. These fertilizer “blackout” policies have been the subject of controversy among environmental activists, university scientists, and policy decision makers, with their efficacy being called into question. A Foucauldian discourse analysis was undertaken to trace the dynamics of the controversy, and survey research was conducted with Florida residents and with Florida decision makers to compare their lawncare maintenance practices, sentiments surrounding turfgrass, their trust in landscape science, as well as their awareness of policy in the city or county in which they reside. Differences were found between the two populations in terms of how many respondents fertilized, used automated irrigation systems and hand-pulled weeds. Although both populations had very neutral sentiments around turfgrass with no significant differences, Florida decision-maker respondents had a higher mean response for trust in landscape science. Only 32% of Florida resident respondents were able to accurately identify if their city or county had a blackout ordinance, compared with 81% of decision-maker respondents. Increasing civic science may be the best way for reducing this discrepancy, while also giving power to citizens in environmental policy adoption.

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Culture, Science, and Activism in Florida Lawn and Landscape Fertilizer Policy

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“…Irrigation is used to maintain urban landscapes such as lawns and non-native trees, so policies like outdoor watering restrictions and turf conversion programs can transform landscapes and vegetation both temporarily and permanently (Kenney et al 2004, Mini et al 2015, Brelsford and Abbott 2017, Breyer et al 2018. Cultural norms, perceptions, and other social factors influence landscaping practices and outdoor water use, including receptiveness to conservation policies and programs (Nassauer et al 2009, Zhou et al 2009, Larson and Brumand 2014, Sisser et al 2016, Dilling et al 2019. Simultaneously, climatic conditions alter vegetation health (Kaplan et al 2014, Chen et al 2015, Liang et al 2017.…”

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Shifting landscapes: decoupled urban irrigation and greenness patterns during severe drought

Quesnel

Ajami

Marx

2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Urban outdoor water conservation and efficiency offer high potential for demand-side management, but irrigation, greenness, and climate interlinks must be better understood to design optimal policies. To identify paired transitions during drought, we matched parcel-level water use data from smart, dedicated irrigation meters with high-spatial resolution, multispectral aerial imagery. We examined changes across 72 non-residential parcels using potable or recycled water for large landscape irrigation over four biennial summers (2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016) that encompassed a historic drought in California. We found that despite little change in irrigation levels during the first few years of the drought, parcel greenness deteriorated. Between summers 2010 and 2014, average parcel greenness decreased −61% for potable water irrigators and −56% for recycled water irrigators, providing evidence that vegetation could not reach its vigor from wetter, cooler years as the drought intensified with abnormally high temperatures. Between summers 2014-2016 as drought severity lessened, irrigation rates decreased significantly in line with high drought saliency, but greenness rebounded ubiquitously, on average +110% for potable water irrigators and +62% for recycled water irrigators, demonstrating climate-driven vegetation recovery as evaporation and plant evapotranspiration rates decreased. Transitions were similar for customers with both potable and recycled water; vegetation changes were dominated by the overarching climatic regime. As irrigation cannot always overcome drought conditions, which will become more severe under climate change, to maintain vegetation health, utilities and urban planners should consider the tradeoffs between providing green spaces and water scarcity. This includes evaluating the roles of climate-appropriate landscaping and adaptive reallocation of potable and recycled water resources to enhance water security. By addressing emerging themes in urban water management through analysis of data from forthcoming water metering and aerial imagery technologies, this research provides a unique perspective on water use, greenness, and drought linkages.

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“…Therefore, in order to maintain the visual appearance of the city, aesthetic management plays an important role in the smart city concept. Aesthetic management can be done by keeping record of the management of playgrounds, public parks through growth monitoring systems for grass [3] [4]. For a livestock manager, an essential concept of information is to have the Understanding of grass growth.…”

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Vegetation Monitoring System-A Review

Shukla¹

2018

IJRASET

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Vegetation Monitoring is important to understand the natural changes occur in the vegetation in different types of places. It is required to monitor changes in the vegetation because it affects the quality of life of animals, terrain stability and other environment components. Monitoring grasslands, crop height, forage mass, poaceae or grass species growth are the things which comes under the concept of vegetation monitoring. There are many techniques which has been used in the vegetation monitoring such as using manual mathematical modelling, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), ultrasonic sensors, image processing etc. In the same concern urban landscape which includes public parks, lawns, playgrounds, and golf courses are required to maintain for the city residents to look city beautiful. This idea coincides with one of the features of smart city concept. With the help of state of art technologies some initiatives can be taken for the betterment of the city. Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the state of art technology which can be used as a simplified technique to monitor the aesthetic management of the city.

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Lawn enforcement: How municipal policies and neighborhood norms influence homeowner residential landscape management

Cited by 63 publications

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Culture, Science, and Activism in Florida Lawn and Landscape Fertilizer Policy

Culture, Science, and Activism in Florida Lawn and Landscape Fertilizer Policy

Shifting landscapes: decoupled urban irrigation and greenness patterns during severe drought

Vegetation Monitoring System-A Review

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