Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Kiryiat Ha Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel.
Department of Maritime Civilizations, The Leon H. Charney School for Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, 199 Aba-Khoushi Avenue, Mount Carmel, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2019 Jul;144:1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.04.071. Epub 2019 May 9.
Much marine litter comes from land-based sources, with a significant amount coming from activities on bathing beaches. Thus, the overall focus of this exploratory research is to identify elements important for the design of beach infrastructure (i.e., trash cans (TCs)) to reduce littering behaviors. We base our investigation on principles of a relatively new approach, called Design for Sustainable Behavior. In doing so, we consider design for two user groups: bathing beachgoers and beach managers. We examined these users' perceptions of beach TCs through the use of an on-line survey of beachgoers, in-depth interviews with Israeli beach managers, a survey of international Blue Flag beach managers and a design 'ideation' workshop. Most importantly, we found that there is interest on the part of beach managers and other stakeholders in applying design principles to improve TCs. The findings of this study have implications for further interdisciplinary - and multidisciplinary - research on this topic.
大量海洋垃圾来自陆地来源，其中相当一部分来自海滨浴场的活动。因此，这项探索性研究的总体重点是确定设计海滩基础设施（即垃圾桶（TCs））以减少乱扔行为的重要因素。我们的调查基于一种相对较新的方法的原则，称为可持续行为设计。在这样做的过程中，我们考虑了两种用户群体的设计：海滨浴场游客和海滩管理人员。我们通过对海滩游客进行在线调查、对以色列海滩管理人员进行深入访谈、对国际蓝旗海滩管理人员进行调查以及设计“创意”研讨会，来考察这些用户对海滩 TCs 的看法。最重要的是，我们发现海滩管理人员和其他利益相关者有兴趣应用设计原则来改进 TCs。这项研究的结果对这个主题的进一步跨学科和多学科研究具有启示意义。
