Community Perceptions and Knowledge of Modern Stormwater Treatment Assets
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Survey Development and Implementation
3. Results
3.1. Demographic Details of Respondents
3.2. Resident Perceptions of Uses of Bioretention Basins
3.3. Resident Use of Bioretention Basins
3.4. Resident Views and Perceptions of Benefits of Bioretention Basins
3.5. Resident Views on Bioretention Basins
3.6. Residents Views on Council Performance on Waterways Health
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
- Education and awareness has a vital role to play around acceptance and valuing stormwater treatment assets with respect to their designed functions.
- Community-wide knowledge of stormwater treatment assets may help to encourage broader catchment stewardship in communities.
- Increased community awareness can support valuation of stormwater treatment assets across multiple benefits, which, in turn, could provide justification for funds for maintenance and retrofitting schedules.
- More closely exploring community perceptions and values of more diverse stormwater treatment assets.
- Investigating new ways to capture the views of those not already engaged in some level, possibly including new ways of targeting respondents to increase response rates.
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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N (Total = 31) | % | Brisbane (%) [56] | N (Total = 31) | % | Brisbane (%) [56] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Weekly Income | ||||||
Male | 11 | 35 | 49.2 | $0–500 | 4 | 13 | 11.4 |
Female | 16 | 52 | 50.8 | $501–1000 | 1 | 3 | 16.9 |
Unspecified | 4 | 13 | — | $1001–1500 | 2 | 6 | 14.4 |
Age | $1501–2500 | 8 | 26 | 23.6 | |||
18–24 | 2 | 6 | 7.5 a | $2501–5000 | 3 | 10 | 19.9 |
25–34 | 5 | 16 | 15.1 | Greater than $5000 | 2 | 6 | 3.3 |
35–44 | 16 | 52 | 14.0 | Prefer not to say | 10 | 32 | 9.7 |
45–64 | 4 | 13 | 23.9 | Residency Length | |||
65–74 | 2 | 6 | 7.8 | Less than a year | 3 | 10 | — b |
75+ | 1 | 3 | 5.6 | 1–5 years | 19 | 61 | — |
Education | 6–10 years | 4 | 13 | — | |||
Secondary education | 2 | 6 | 17.8 | More than 10 years | 4 | 13 | — |
Certificate or Diploma | 2 | 22 | 16.4 | ||||
Bachelor Degree | 8 | 26 | 22.9 | ||||
Graduate Diploma | 4 | 13 | 9.2 | ||||
Postgraduate | 9 | 29 | N/A |
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Zamanifard, H.; Morgan, E.A.; Hadwen, W.L. Community Perceptions and Knowledge of Modern Stormwater Treatment Assets. Urban Sci. 2021, 5, 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci5010005
Zamanifard H, Morgan EA, Hadwen WL. Community Perceptions and Knowledge of Modern Stormwater Treatment Assets. Urban Science. 2021; 5(1):5. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci5010005
Chicago/Turabian StyleZamanifard, Hadi, Edward A. Morgan, and Wade L. Hadwen. 2021. "Community Perceptions and Knowledge of Modern Stormwater Treatment Assets" Urban Science 5, no. 1: 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci5010005