在菲律宾的马里基纳河沿岸感知,知道和使水质变得更好
Gideon Lasco1,2,3, Anita Hardon1
1Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Human organization
|July 8, 2024
概括
普通人通过感官体验和实际行动来定义"足够好"的饮用水. 这项研究探讨了菲律宾社区如何在稀缺和污染的情况下创造可接受的水质,突出了差异.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 全球水质评估往往忽视了消费者的观点,而是关注生产者,监管机构和专家.
- 了解普通人如何感知,定义和积极管理水质是至关重要的,特别是在动态的环境条件下.
- 菲律宾的马里基纳河作为一个案例研究,通过各种农村和城市景观流动.
研究的目的:
- 调查菲律宾普通人如何体验和定义水质.
- 探索个人为确保获得可接受的水所采用的做法,称为"制造"良好的水.
- 分析与不同水源及其使用决策相关的感觉和认知属性.
主要方法:
- 一项开放式的定性研究在马里基纳河沿线进行.
- 数据收集的重点是了解人们对水质的看法,定义和做法.
- 这项研究考察了关于为各种目的选择水源的决策过程.
主要成果:
- 人们将特定的感官和认知属性与不同的水源联系在一起,影响他们对各种用途的选择.
- 在污染和稀缺的环境中,个人积极参与实践,以"使"水对他们的家庭来说是可以接受的.
- 水质被揭示为一个有争议和关系的领域,与社会和健康差异密切相关.
结论:
- 水质感知和管理受到个人经验和社会环境环境的深刻影响.
- 这些发现强调了在评估水质和制定政策时需要考虑消费者观点的必要性.
- 需要进一步的研究,以解决当前水质挑战加剧的社会和健康差异.
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