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- Bratanova, Boyka, et al.
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Restoring drinking water acceptance following a waterborne disease outbreak: the role of trust, risk perception, and communication
- 2013
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In: Journal of Applied Social Psychology. - : Wiley. - 1559-1816 .- 0021-9029. ; 43:9, s. 1761-1770
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Although research shows that acceptance, trust, and risk perception are often related, little is known about the underlying patterns of causality among the three constructs. In the context of a waterborne disease outbreak, we explored via zero-order/partial correlation analysis whether acceptance predicts both trust and risk perception (associationist model), or whether trust influences risk perception and acceptance (causal chain model). The results supported the causal chain model suggesting a causal role for trust. A subsequent path analysis confirmed that the effect of trust on acceptance is fully mediated by risk perception. It also revealed that trust is positively predicted by prior institutional trust and communication with the public. Implications of the findings for response strategies to contamination events are discussed.
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- Mangold, Mikael, 1982, et al.
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The transformative effect of the introduction of water volumetric billing in a disadvantaged housing area in Sweden
- 2014
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In: Water Policy. - : IWA Publishing. - 1366-7017 .- 1996-9759. ; 16:5, s. 973-990
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Domestic water payment schemes are often a product of their time, place and what is perceived to be customary. Aspects that payment schemes can take into account include resource conservation, equity, maintainability, and profitability. In contemporary Sweden profitable environmentally sustainable solutions are promoted, such as the introduction of volumetric billing of water in rental apartments. This paper describes the detailed consequences of this change in the payment structure for domestic water in terms of reduced resource consumption, direct impact on household economies and perceptions of the system's change process. By combining high-resolution quantitative data on water usage and socio-economic household characteristics with qualitative data from semi-standardized interviews with residents, it is possible to identify the different impacts of the system's change and how the process was experienced. It was shown that while water usage decreased by 30%, 63% of the households had increased monthly costs, and unemployed residents were further disadvantaged and closer to social exclusion. Focusing on making environmental sustainability profitable, as posited in ecological modernization theory, may shadow negative impacts on social sustainability.
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