Segmenting the Urban and Rural Populations of Southern Alberta for Improved Understanding of Policy Preferences for Water Reallocation

Bjørnlund, Henning; Parrack, Cameron; Loë, Rob C. de

doi:10.1080/08941920.2013.788957

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“…Giannoccaro et al, along with Tisdell and Ward, argue that the overestimation of benefits by theoretical water market models is because stakeholder's perceptions and values are not considered. Many water users, especially farmers (which hold the majority of water entitlements), exhibit a general aversion to the commoditization of water through market mechanisms, instead preferring that a public entity maintain control of water allocations . The distrust of water markets have been shown to stem from beliefs that markets will disadvantage low‐income farmers, perceptions water and land rights should not be separated, and views that water should not be treated as a commercial good .…”

Section: Impediments To Effective Water Reallocationmentioning

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An overview of water reallocation and the barriers to its implementation

Marston

Cai

2016

WIREs Water

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The growing number of areas facing water scarcity necessitates adaptive water management strategies beyond traditional water supply and demand management methods, which are becoming increasingly difficult in many regions. Water reallocation offers a flexible water management approach to mitigate water scarcity under changing socioeconomic, climatic, and environmental conditions. In spite of the numerous benefits of reallocating water between users, examples of successful water transfers are relatively sparse and the expected benefits are rarely met in full due to several complex impediments. This study overviews the current body of water reallocation literature, with a particular focus on the key barriers to wider implementation of water reallocation. We argue that to overcome these obstacles a more interdisciplinary approach to water reallocation should be advanced that couples developments in the natural sciences and engineering disciplines with current water reallocation scholarship, which is predominately rooted in the social sciences. Many examples of water transfers from around the world are used to illustrate both the benefits and challenges associated with reallocation, as well as to identify measures to overcome some of the major difficulties. We conclude by calling for an integrated research platform that focuses on supporting both voluntary and nonvoluntary forms of water reallocation; however, a greater emphasis should be on nonmarket means of water transfer since it is more feasible for many regions where water rights are not well defined and institutional capacity is insufficient.

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Section: Impediments To Effective Water Reallocationmentioning

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An overview of water reallocation and the barriers to its implementation

Marston

Cai

2016

WIREs Water

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“…Research on urban-rural differences in environmentalism is mixed. On one hand, studies indicate that urban residents have stronger proenvironmental values (Bjornlund, Parrack, & De Loë, 2013) and are more concerned than rural residents about environmental degradation, as indicated in seminal studies on the topic (Lowe & Pinhey, 1982;Tremblay & Dunlap, 1978) and more recent investigations (Borisova et al, 2013;Yu, 2014). Such differences could result from urban residents' greater exposure to environmental deterioration (Salka, 2003), a finding supported by Tremblay and Dunlap's (1978) classic study.…”

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What Matters When Explaining Environmentalism at the Watershed Level

Mobley

2016

Environment and Behavior

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This research was conducted in the southeastern United States, one of the most rapidly developing regions in the country. The study included two sets of predictor variables: environmental experiences and perceptions (i.e., observation of pollution and assessment of pollution’s impact) and residential factors (i.e., rural vs. urban residence and upstream vs. downstream watershed location); sociodemographic characteristics served as control variables. Sequential regression was performed on survey data of watershed residents to isolate the predictors of environmentalism. Observation of pollution and assessment of pollution’s impact on water quality were most important for explaining environmental concern, self-reported household-based behaviors, and self-reported likelihood of engaging in water quality improvement efforts. The sociodemographic variables were also significant predictors; the residential variables had limited influence on the dependent variables. These results indicate that stormwater educators should account for experiential factors and perceptions of pollution when designing strategies for encouraging environmentalism.

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“…In line with a growing body of evidence, we propose that people's preferences for such different water policies can be interpreted as expressions of their values (Bjornlund et al 2013;Gooch and Rigano 2010;Kochalski et al 2019;Kuruppu 2009;Retallack and Schott 2014;Russo Bauer and Smith 2007), although there is also emerging evidence that different water policies can shape people's values (Albizua et al 2019). As the theoretical basis for our study, we use the recently proposed 'Value Landscapes Approach' (Schulz et al 2017a(Schulz et al , b, 2018.…”

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Understanding Public Views on a Dam Construction Boom: the Role of Values

Schulz

Martín-Ortega

Glenk

2019

Water Resour Manage

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Large numbers of dams for hydroelectric power production are currently planned or under construction in many areas around the world. While positive and negative social and environmental impacts of dams are increasingly well understood, little is known about attitudes of the general public towards dams, even though benefits to wider society are often cited to legitimise their construction. In Brazil's Upper Paraguay River Basin, more than 100 mostly small-scale hydropower dams are planned or under construction in what can be considered a regional dam construction boom. Here we analyse public preferences for strategies to manage dam impacts in the area by investigating the value base that underpins such preferences, drawing on the recently proposed Value Landscapes Approach as our theoretical framework and data from a large representative household survey (N = 1067). We find that contrasting attitudes towards dams, expressed in preferences for economically or ecologically oriented water policies are informed by opposing underlying value landscapes, that is, groups of closely related fundamental, governance-related, and assigned (water) values. While such tensions between opposing values can never be fully eliminated, our research nevertheless gives insights to policy-makers seeking to minimise value conflict and to improve the political legitimacy of public decision-making on dam construction. Moreover, we find that a majority of members of the general public would prefer concentrating dam construction on some rivers while keeping others free-flowing, with direct implications for ecosystems and inland fisheries. This finding may guide policy-makers wishing to develop publicly supported water resources management strategies.

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Segmenting the Urban and Rural Populations of Southern Alberta for Improved Understanding of Policy Preferences for Water Reallocation

Cited by 13 publications

References 35 publications

An overview of water reallocation and the barriers to its implementation

An overview of water reallocation and the barriers to its implementation

What Matters When Explaining Environmentalism at the Watershed Level

Understanding Public Views on a Dam Construction Boom: the Role of Values

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