Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences, Director of Communication, Science, and Society Initiative, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Environ Manage. 2024 Nov;74(5):886-894. doi: 10.1007/s00267-024-02033-w. Epub 2024 Aug 28.
The Chesapeake Bay watershed encompasses six states and the District of Columbia. Consequently, the people within it display great diversity in terms of values, allegiances, and experiences. That diversity may help to explain an apparent inability to coordinate actions aimed at redressing the dismal water quality throughout the watershed. In this paper, we bridge theory to an applied scenario to examine the importance of developing a collective identity within the watershed to bring about changes in individual behavior and policies. We present the current conditions of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, propose a stage model for the development of a collective watershed identity, outline theoretically grounded determinants of each stage, and discuss the challenges in developing a collective identity. We further suggest several guiding questions for future research.
切萨皮克湾流域涵盖了六个州和哥伦比亚特区。因此，其流域内的人们在价值观、忠诚和经验方面表现出极大的多样性。这种多样性可能有助于解释为什么流域内显然无法协调旨在改善整个流域恶劣水质的行动。在本文中，我们将理论与应用场景联系起来，研究在流域内建立集体认同以改变个人行为和政策的重要性。我们介绍了切萨皮克湾流域的现状，提出了一个集体流域认同发展的阶段模型，概述了每个阶段的理论基础决定因素，并讨论了发展集体认同所面临的挑战。我们进一步提出了几个未来研究的指导问题。
