Sense of Place and Water Quality: Applying Sense of Place Metrics to Better Understand Community Impacts of Changes in Water Quality

Mulvaney, Kate K.; Merrill, Nathaniel H.; Mazzotta, Marisa J.

doi:10.5772/intechopen.91480

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“…The duration of living next to natural factors such as rivers and parks has a positive effect on people's sense of place and spirit of participation, which ultimately leads to community well-being. The results of this part of the research were consistent with the findings of Mulvaney et al (2020), andŽlender &Gemin (2020), and supported them.…”

Section: Sense Of Placesupporting

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Sense of Place, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life as a Part of Community Well-being in Three European Community

Mousazadeh

2022

Geoplanning J. Geomatics Plann.

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The present study considers the measurement of quality of life as indicators of community well-being, which can be affected by the conditions of physical health, psychological, environment, and relationships of community residents. The purpose of this study was to test the perception of the residents of the community about the effect of the river and the satisfaction of the residents in different areas of life. This research was tested using a survey of 450 respondents from different communities in Europe. Participants completed measures of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire, Sense of place questionnaire, and author survey questionnaire about the type of Physical Activity. The results highlighted that all five domains of quality of life are strongly related to the length of time living by the river. Most of the participants stated that living by the river increases their self-confidence, security, and spirit of participation, which is directly related to enhancing the well-being and quality of life of citizens. According to the findings, the factor of security by the river is the most frequent. Participants who had lived near a river for more than 15 years were more likely to report greater physical activity, sense of place, and thus quality of life. In addition, several socio-demographic and basic factors related to the quality of life of the participants were also identified in this research.

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Section: Sense Of Placesupporting

confidence: 87%

Sense of Place, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life as a Part of Community Well-being in Three European Community

Mousazadeh

2022

Geoplanning J. Geomatics Plann.

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“…Despite many sufferings from insecure livelihoods and exposure to health and safety risks from extreme weather events, the socio-psychological bonds with which respondents create a sense of place (of where they are born, grow up, work, and live) are a powerful rooting factor. To explain these relationships, we draw upon the aforementioned components of sense of place, place dependence, place identity, and place attachment (Mulvaney et al, 2020), while adding place obduracy as another key dimension of place relations, based upon emergent perspectives from interviewees (as described below).…”

Section: Place Obduracymentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate change and non-migration — exploring the role of place relations in rural and coastal Bangladesh

2022

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Of growing research and policy interest are the experiences of people living under conditions of climate change–induced environmental stress, which either are unable to migrate (sometimes described as a ‘trapped population’) or are seemingly unwilling to do so (sometimes described as the ‘voluntarily immobile’). This paper problematises and expands upon these binary categories: examining the complex dimensionality of non-migration as a form of place relations, explored through qualitative study of rural and coastal Bangladeshi communities. Through 60 semi-structured interviews of individuals from four communities in the Kalapara region, the analysis proffers four qualitatively derived and inter-related dimensions of voluntary and involuntary non-migration framed as a form of place relations. These four dimensions concern the following: (1) livelihood opportunities, (2) place obduracy, (3) risk perceptions, and (4) social-structural constraints, with the interplay between these elements explaining diverse non-migratory experiences. In our analysis, ‘place obduracy’ is introduced as a concept to describe the differential speed of environmental change and socio-cultural adaptation responses to explain non-migratory experiences. Our discussion provides insight into how to best support non-migrant people’s adaptive capacity in the face of growing climate emergency.

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“…As a direct consequence, quality limits for different uses are exceeded with negative implications that affect everyone who depends directly or indirectly on the maintenance of this resource. The impacts of this degradation have economic results, such as: the increase in the cost of treating water intended for consumption (Marques et al, 2019), the increase in costs due to the spread and treatment of diseases (Ferreira et al, 2021), the loss of productivity in agriculture and livestock (Okorogbona et al, 2018;Giri et al, 2020), and the reduction of cultural and landscape values (Mulvaney et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Water quality modeling in the Paraibuna River in Juiz de Fora/MG: diagnosis and prognosis

Dutra

Fia

Ribeiro

2022

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Ambient.

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To support the implementation of instruments of the National Water Resources Policy, as well as the new legal framework for basic sanitation, the environmental assessment of water courses becomes important to guide the planning, monitoring and management of a watershed. Thus, this research aims to contribute to the creation of information structures about the Paraibuna River and its water basin in the central and more urbanized region of Juiz de Fora/MG. The QUAL2K model was used considering two different hydrological periods. The study considered water quality data for the following variables: dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, temperature, electrical conductivity and pH. The flow rates in the Paraibuna River and its tributaries were quantified using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profile (ADCP) and a hydrometric windmill. With the calibrated model, future water quality scenarios were simulated for the moment when the new sewage treatment plants are operating at maximum capacity, in accordance with the Juiz de Fora’s Municipal Plan for Basic Sanitation Service. The results show that the Paraibuna River, in the central section of Juiz de Fora, provided data with reduced water quality, mainly in the dry season, leading us to conclude that the flow had a direct influence on the water quality. As for the simulated scenarios, we reached the conclusion that the best result obtained for the sewage treatment of the Paraibuna River will be achieved when the treatment conditions of scenario 3 are applied. This scenario includes the Wastewater Treatment Plants of União Indústria, Santa Luzia, and the renovation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant of Barbosa Laje, with an expected reduction of 90% of the polluting load in the streams covered by the present work, and a reduction of 50% of the organic load upstream of the section under study.

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Sense of Place and Water Quality: Applying Sense of Place Metrics to Better Understand Community Impacts of Changes in Water Quality

Cited by 15 publications

References 47 publications

Sense of Place, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life as a Part of Community Well-being in Three European Community

Sense of Place, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life as a Part of Community Well-being in Three European Community

Climate change and non-migration — exploring the role of place relations in rural and coastal Bangladesh

Water quality modeling in the Paraibuna River in Juiz de Fora/MG: diagnosis and prognosis

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