Using residents' worries about technology as a way of resolving environmental remediation dilemmas

Prior, J; Hubbard, P; Rai, T

Using residents' worries about technology as a way of resolving environmental remediation dilemmas

Prior, J

Hubbard, P Rai, T

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Citation:: Science of the Total Environment, 2017, 580 pp. 882 - 899
Issue Date:: 2017-02-15

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dc.contributor.author	Prior, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-5207	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hubbard, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rai, T https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1610-8983	en_US
dc.date.available	2016-12-04	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-02-15	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Science of the Total Environment, 2017, 580 pp. 882 - 899	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0048-9697	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/89617
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Elsevier B.V. The choice of technologies used to remediate contaminated environments are increasingly made via engagement with affected local residents. Despite this, little is known about how residents perceive remediation technology applications. Building on the findings of broader technology worry research, and drawing on data from a telephone survey of 2009 residents living near thirteen contaminated sites in Australia, regression analysis of closed-ended survey questions and coding analysis of open-ended survey questions are combined to identify the main predictors of worries concerning particular remediation technologies, and how worry affects them. This suggests respondents are more worried about the application of chemical remediation technologies than the application of physical and thermal technologies, which in turn caused more worry than the application of biotechnology. The paper suggests that these worries can be reduced via direct engagement with residents about remediation technologies, suggesting that such engagement can provide knowledge that improves remediation technology decisions.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Science of the Total Environment	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.035	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Public Opinion	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Technology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Environmental Restoration and Remediation	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires	en_US
dc.title	Using residents' worries about technology as a way of resolving environmental remediation dilemmas	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	580	en_US
utslib.for	MD Multidisciplinary	en_US
utslib.for	0502 Environmental Science and Management	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Graduate Research School
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - ISF - Institute for Sustainable Futures
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pubs.volume	580	en_US

Abstract:

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. The choice of technologies used to remediate contaminated environments are increasingly made via engagement with affected local residents. Despite this, little is known about how residents perceive remediation technology applications. Building on the findings of broader technology worry research, and drawing on data from a telephone survey of 2009 residents living near thirteen contaminated sites in Australia, regression analysis of closed-ended survey questions and coding analysis of open-ended survey questions are combined to identify the main predictors of worries concerning particular remediation technologies, and how worry affects them. This suggests respondents are more worried about the application of chemical remediation technologies than the application of physical and thermal technologies, which in turn caused more worry than the application of biotechnology. The paper suggests that these worries can be reduced via direct engagement with residents about remediation technologies, suggesting that such engagement can provide knowledge that improves remediation technology decisions.

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