Centre for Sustainable Management of Resources, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
J Environ Manage. 2012 Jan;93(1):1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.08.020. Epub 2011 Sep 15.
Two styles of river flood management can be distinguished: dike reinforcement and the more sustainable 'Room for River' option. This paper investigates public adherences to these two management styles and whether their adherence correlates with their Visions of Nature. The focus is especially on people's image of the appropriate human/nature relationship, i.e. Mastery over nature, Stewardship of nature, Partnership of nature or Participation in nature. Other variables that are part of the analysis are the respondents' sense of place, safety perception and background variables. The results of a written survey among riverside residents in France, Germany and the Netherlands (N = 1811) show high adherences to the Room for River style and a rejection of dike reinforcement. A regression analysis shows that adherence to the Room for River style correlates with adherence to the image of Stewardship, while adherence to dike reinforcement is predicted by Mastery over nature. Thus, according to the public a policy shift from dike reinforcement to a more sustainable style is seen as a fundamental one, connected to a change in environmental ethics.
堤坝加固和更可持续的“留足空间给河流”方案。本文研究了公众对这两种管理方式的认同，以及他们的认同是否与他们的自然观有关。重点尤其在于人们对人与自然关系的恰当形象的看法，即驾驭自然、管理自然、与自然合作或参与自然。分析的其他变量包括受访者的地方感、安全感和背景变量。在法国、德国和荷兰的河边居民中进行的书面调查的结果（N=1811）显示，人们高度认同“留足空间给河流”方案，反对堤坝加固。回归分析表明，对“留足空间给河流”方案的认同与对管理自然的形象的认同相关，而对堤坝加固的认同则由驾驭自然的观念来预测。因此，根据公众的看法，从堤坝加固到更可持续的方式的政策转变被视为根本性的转变，与环境伦理的变化有关。
