Using a Phosphorus Flow Diagram as a Boundary Object to Inform Stakeholder Engagement
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The P Flow Diagram as a Boundary Object
3. The Process of Mapping Stakeholders onto the P Flow Diagram
4. Applications for the Annotated P Flow Diagram
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Code | Descriptive Category | Short Description | Groups That This Category Could Include |
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CS-H2O | Consumers/civil society | Water users | Individuals who use beaches, lakes, streams, and other water bodies for recreational or personal use |
CS-UAG | Consumers/civil society | Urban farmers | Farmers and/or home gardeners living in urban areas with stormwater treatment |
CS-URB | Consumers/civil society | Urban dwellers | Individuals who live and/or work in urban/suburban areas |
CS-RUR | Consumers/civil society | Rural dwellers | Individuals who live and/or work in rural areas |
IND-RCY | Individual users or actors | Users of recycled P | Individual users of recycled P products (e.g., biosolids users; some overlap with farmers) |
IND-FRM | Individual users or actors | Farmers | Individual farmers, ranchers, and/or growers |
IND-FRT | Individual users or actors | Fertilizer users | Individual fertilizer users (e.g., urban gardeners, homeowners, and farmers, both large- and small-scale) |
IND-WRRF | Individual users or actors | Wastewater treatment facilities | Individuals who work at wastewater resource recovery facilities (WWRFs), e.g., operators |
NATIONS | Indigenous Peoples | Indigenous groups | First Nations and/or Indigenous Peoples (whether organized as groups or as individuals) who possess sovereign rights and/or respected interests in land and water resources |
NGO-AG | NGOs/advocacy groups | Agricultural NGOs | Organizations that advocate for changes in agriculture, e.g., labor, animal welfare (some overlap with food and environmental NGOs) |
NGO-ENV | NGOs/advocacy groups | Environmental NGOs | Organizations that advocate for improvements to environmental quality |
NGO-FOOD | NGOs/advocacy groups | Food NGOs | Organizations that advocate for improvements to food systems, e.g., food security, food safety, food justice |
NGO-H2O | NGOs/advocacy groups | Water NGOs | Organizations that advocate for improvements to water quality |
REG-AG | Public sector | Agricultural regulators | US regulatory agenc(ies) that oversee agriculture (state and federal) |
REG-ENV | Public sector | Environmental regulators | US regulatory agenc(ies) that oversee environmental issues (state and federal) |
REG-EXT | Public sector | Extension agents | USDA Cooperative Extension |
REG-FOOD | Public sector | Food and drug regulators | US regulatory agenc(ies) that oversee food and drugs (state and federal) |
SECT-AG | Industrial sectors | Agribusiness | Businesses engaged in various aspects of food, crop, and livestock production; interests represented by commodity-specific trade associations and farm organizations |
SECT-RCY | Industrial sectors | Recycling sector | Firms and advocacy organizations engaged in recycling or beneficial reuse of P, including biosolids and P recovery technology |
SECT-FRT | Industrial sectors | Fertilizer industry | Fertilizer industry, as represented by firms and trade associations |
SECT-H2O | Industrial sectors | Commercial water use industry | Groups who use lakes, rivers, streams and other water bodies for business purposes (e.g., commercial fishing, tourism) |
SECT-MIN | Industrial sectors | Mining industry | Phosphate rock mining operations, including processing and storage of mining waste |
SECT-WRRF | Industrial sectors | Water resource recovery sector | WWRFs and professional organizations that represent WWRF interests |
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Merck, A.W.; Grieger, K.D.; Deviney, A.; Marshall, A.-M. Using a Phosphorus Flow Diagram as a Boundary Object to Inform Stakeholder Engagement. Sustainability 2023, 15, 11496. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511496
Merck AW, Grieger KD, Deviney A, Marshall A-M. Using a Phosphorus Flow Diagram as a Boundary Object to Inform Stakeholder Engagement. Sustainability. 2023; 15(15):11496. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511496
Chicago/Turabian StyleMerck, Ashton W., Khara D. Grieger, Alison Deviney, and Anna-Maria Marshall. 2023. "Using a Phosphorus Flow Diagram as a Boundary Object to Inform Stakeholder Engagement" Sustainability 15, no. 15: 11496. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511496
APA StyleMerck, A. W., Grieger, K. D., Deviney, A., & Marshall, A.-M. (2023). Using a Phosphorus Flow Diagram as a Boundary Object to Inform Stakeholder Engagement. Sustainability, 15(15), 11496. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511496