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Beyond “Information”: Integrating Consultation and Education for Water Recycling Initiatives
Abstract
Recycling is starting to play a significant role in water management in drought-prone Australia. Public responses to recycling are still not well understood, and opportunities for public participation have been limited. We have experimented with a technique to explore responses qualitatively and to encourage deliberation. In small-group meetings, we provide information on recycling technologies and issues and integrate this with opportunities to discuss and question. We have trialed the approach in communities with different experiences of recycling. Our rationale comes from dissatisfaction with existing consultation processes, and with a prevalent technocratic view that people simply need technical information to correct misperceptions and overcome emotional responses; from issues in literatures on participation and social acceptance of technologies; and from a concern that apparent support for recycling is not robust. We illustrate insights from the work into processes of deliberation and possibilities for achieving a better understanding through such methods.
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- Authors
- Russell, S., Lux, C., & Hampton, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Russell, Stewart
- Venue
- Society & Natural Resources
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-12-11
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 56-65
- ISSN
- 0894-1920 (ISSN-L)
- 1521-0723
- OpenAlex
- W2119738972
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 1.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Society & Natural Resources (publishedVersion)
- Research Online (University of Wollongong) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Keywords
- water reuse, public consultation, deliberative democracy, citizen participation, social acceptance of technology, small group meetings, water management, community participation, technocracy
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