Landowner willingness to implement riparian buffers in a transitioning watershed
Landowner willingness to implement riparian buffers in a transitioning watershed
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DOI：
10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.12.011
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发表时间：
2012-04-15
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Stedman, Richard C.
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作者：
Armstrong, Andrea;Stedman, Richard C.
美国东北部的切萨皮克湾流域经历了从农业用地到住宅用地的广泛过渡。然而，河岸缓冲区的实施研究一般集中在农业土地利用和参与农业保护计划。我们的研究探讨了土地所有者愿意实施河岸缓冲区在宾夕法尼亚州中部的春溪流域，一个子流域的切萨皮克湾流域，这也经历了人口增长和土地利用的转变。我们进行了一项邮件调查河岸住宅，小型农业，农业土地所有者（n = 175），以评估对缓冲区实施的态度。我们的研究结果表明，住宅河岸的受访者是94%不愿意比农业河岸的受访者实施缓冲对他们的财产，净的其他因素。邻里友谊积极预测愿意实施缓冲区，也增加了实施意愿在某些激励方案。我们的研究结果表明，土地所有者将变得更愿意实施河岸缓冲区，如果他们相信这些缓冲区将有积极的结果。知识的切萨皮克湾水质，河岸保护计划的核心原因，并没有预测实施意愿。随着景观继续向住宅用途过渡，保护方案必须适应缓冲区设计和方案激励措施，以满足河岸住宅土地所有者的规范和审美偏好。(C)2011 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。
The Chesapeake Bay watershed of the northeastern U.S. has experienced extensive transition from agricultural to residential land uses. However, riparian buffer implementation research has generally focused on agricultural land uses and participation in agricultural conservation programs. Our research examines landowner willingness to implement riparian buffers in the Spring Creek watershed of central Pennsylvania, a sub-watershed of the Chesapeake Bay basin, which has also undergone population growth and land use transition. We conducted a mail survey of riparian residential, small agricultural, and agricultural landowners (n = 175) to assess attitudes toward buffer implementation. Our results indicated that residential riparian respondents were 94% less willing than agricultural riparian respondents to implement a buffer on their property, net of other factors. Neighborhood friendships positively predicted willingness to implement buffers and also increased implementation willingness under certain incentive scenarios. Our findings indicate that landowners will become more willing to implement riparian buffers if they believe these buffers will have positive outcomes. Knowledge of Chesapeake Bay water quality, a central cause for riparian conservation programs, did not predict implementation willingness. As landscapes continue to transition toward residential uses, it is imperative that conservation programs adapt buffer design and program incentives to meet riparian residential landowner normative and aesthetic preferences. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.