More than money: how multiple factors influence householder participation in at-source stormwater management
Abstract
Urban stormwater run-off is a threat to stream ecosystems. New approaches to stormwater management aim to protect urban streams from such impacts, by retaining, treating and using stormwater at its source. As up to ∼50% of runoff from urban surfaces comes from private property, fostering stormwater retention requires effective householder engagement. We evaluated householder participation in the Little Stringybark Creek project, a stormwater retrofit programme aimed at waterway protection, using qualitative enquiry through formal and informal interviews to identify factors that influenced participation. Participation was governed by multiple factors, with financial incentives and personal co-benefits of tanks primary motivators, while process complexity and distrust were primary barriers. Results suggest an approach combining education to encourage review of subjective norms and attitudes, with incentives to mitigate behavioural controls can transform public behaviour towards sustainable stormwater management.
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Free-market mechanisms generally work by providing an offset to encourage private landowner actions to increase stormwater uptake on their property or a direct financial incentive to install BMPs on private property.
“Free-market mechanisms generally work by a) providing an offset to encourage private landowner actions to increase stormwater uptake on their property (e.g., a fee reduction for quantity of runoff diverted and infiltrated) or b) a direct financial incentive to install BMPs on private property (e.g., a reverse auction; Thurston et al. 2003;Barbosa et al. 2012;Brown et al. 2016;Nemes et al. 2016).”
From Phase II MS4 challenges: moving toward effective stormwater management for small municipalities (2022) · cites this paper as Brown et al. 2016
Stormwater is not recognized as a pollutant in a way that allows local governments to unilaterally take management action on private land even though the municipality bears the responsibility for management via the permitting system.
“Stormwater is not recognized as a pollutant in a way that allows local governments to unilaterally take management action on private land even though the municipality bears the responsibility for management via the permitting system (Brown et al. 2016;Dhakal and Chevalier 2017;National Association of Clean Water Agencies 2018).”
From Phase II MS4 challenges: moving toward effective stormwater management for small municipalities (2022) · cites this paper as Brown et al. 2016
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- Authors
- Brown, H. L., Bos, D. G., Walsh, C. J., Fletcher, T. D., & RossRakesh, S.
- Affiliations
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Melbourne Water (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Bos, Darren G.
- Venue
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-12-06
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 79-97
- ISSN
- 0964-0568 (ISSN-L)
- 1360-0559
- OpenAlex
- W1992210564
- Cited by
- 88
- References
- 76
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 3.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Integrated Water Resources Management
- Keywords
- stormwater tanks, urban stormwater runoff, financial incentives, barriers to participation, distrust, subjective norms, environmental education, sustainable stormwater management
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