Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2617, Australia;
Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2617, Australia.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Aug 14;115(33):E7690-E7699. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1802293115. Epub 2018 Aug 1.
The ongoing challenge of maintaining and improving the quality of water that leaves urban stormwater systems is often addressed using technical rather than social solutions. The need for investment in often expensive water infrastructure can be reduced through better investing in promoting human behaviors that protect water quality as part of water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) initiatives. Successfully achieving this requires understanding factors that influence adoption of proenvironmental behaviors. We review past studies examining this topic and identify that factors influencing adoption of proenvironmental behaviors relevant to WSUD commonly fall into four domains: proenvironmental values and norms, awareness and knowledge of environmental problems and the actions that can address them, proximity and place-based identity, and life-stage and lifestyle factors. We propose the VAIL (values, awareness, identify, lifestyle) framework, based on these four domains and able to be contextualized to specific water-quality problems and individual communities, to assist in diagnosing factors influencing adoption of proenvironmental behaviors. We demonstrate the applicability of the framework in a case study examining adoption of gardening practices that support water quality in Canberra, Australia. We developed 22 locally relevant VAIL indicators and surveyed 3,334 residents to understand engagement in four water-friendly gardening behaviors that help improve water quality in local lakes. In regression modeling, the indicators explained a significant amount of variance in these behaviors and suggested avenues for supporting greater adoption of these behaviors. Predictor variables across all four VAIL domains were significant, highlighting the importance of a multidomain framework.
城市雨水系统排出的水质保持和改善的持续挑战通常采用技术而非社会解决方案来解决。通过更好地投资于促进保护水质的人类行为，可以减少对昂贵的水基础设施的投资，这是水敏城市设计（WSUD）倡议的一部分。成功实现这一目标需要了解影响采纳亲环境行为的因素。我们回顾了过去研究这一主题的研究，并确定了影响与 WSUD 相关的亲环境行为采纳的因素通常分为四个领域：亲环境价值观和规范、对环境问题及其可采取的措施的认识和了解、接近度和基于地点的身份认同以及生活阶段和生活方式因素。我们提出了 VAIL（价值观、意识、认同、生活方式）框架，该框架基于这四个领域，并能够针对特定的水质问题和特定社区进行情境化处理，以协助诊断影响亲环境行为采纳的因素。我们通过一个案例研究来展示框架的适用性，该案例研究考察了在澳大利亚堪培拉采纳支持水质的园艺实践的情况。我们制定了 22 个具有地方相关性的 VAIL 指标，并对 3334 名居民进行了调查，以了解他们对四种有助于改善当地湖泊水质的亲水性园艺行为的参与情况。在回归模型中，这些指标解释了这些行为的大量差异，并为支持这些行为的更大采纳提供了途径。所有四个 VAIL 领域的预测变量都很重要，这突出了多领域框架的重要性。
