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DOI | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.12.005 |
Evolution of the societal value of water resources for economic development versus environmental sustainability in Australia from 1843 to 2011 | |
Wei, Jing1; Wei, Yongping2; Western, Andrew1 | |
2017 | |
发表期刊 | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS |
ISSN | 0959-3780 |
EISSN | 1872-9495 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 42 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Australia |
英文摘要 | Societal values are generally seen as leading to changes in human decisions and behavior, but have not been addressed adequately in current water management, which is blind to changes in the social drivers for, or societal responses to, management decisions. This paper describes the evolution of the societal value of water resources in Australia over a period of 169 years. These values were classified into two groups: those supporting economic development versus those supporting environmental sustainability. The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper was used as the main data source to track the changes in the societal value of water resources. Content analysis was used to create a description of the evolution of these societal values. Mathematical regression analysis, in combination of transition theory, was used to determine the stages of transition of the societal value, and the co-evolved social-ecological framework was used to explain how the evolution of societal values interacted with water management policies and practices, and droughts. Key findings included that the transition of the societal value of water resources fitted the sigmoid curve - a conceptual S curve for the transition of social systems. Also, the transition of the societal value of water resources in Australia went through three stages: (1) pre-development (1900s-1962), when the societal value of water resources was dominated by economic development; (2) take-off (1963-1980), when the societal value of water resources reflected the increasing awareness of the environment due to the outbreak of pollution events; (3) acceleration (1981-2011), when the environment-oriented societal value of water resources combined with the Millennium Drought to trigger a package of policy initiatives and management practices focused on sustainable water resource use. The approach developed in this study, provides a roadmap for the development of new disciplines across social and natural science. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Societal values Water catchment management Newspaper content analysis Transition theory Co-evolved social-ecological system |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000394634500008 |
WOS关键词 | NEWSPAPER CONTENT-ANALYSIS ; RIVER-BASIN ; SOCIO-HYDROLOGY ; MANAGEMENT ; ISSUES ; NEWS ; ANTHROPOCENE ; COVERAGE ; SYSTEM ; POLICY |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Geography |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geography |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/37892 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Melbourne, Dept Infrastruct Engn, Parkville, Vic 3010, Australia; 2.Univ Queensland, Sch Geog Planning & Environm Management, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wei, Jing,Wei, Yongping,Western, Andrew. Evolution of the societal value of water resources for economic development versus environmental sustainability in Australia from 1843 to 2011[J]. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS,2017,42. |
APA | Wei, Jing,Wei, Yongping,&Western, Andrew.(2017).Evolution of the societal value of water resources for economic development versus environmental sustainability in Australia from 1843 to 2011.GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS,42. |
MLA | Wei, Jing,et al."Evolution of the societal value of water resources for economic development versus environmental sustainability in Australia from 1843 to 2011".GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS 42(2017). |
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