Volunteer Stream Monitoring and Local Participation in Natural Resource Issues
Volunteer Stream Monitoring and Local Participation in Natural Resource Issues
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志愿者流监测和当地参与自然资源问题
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2004
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Kristine F. Stepenuck
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C. Overdevest;C. Orr;Kristine F. Stepenuck
这项研究评估了更多的学习、当地政治参与和更广泛的社交网络是否与参与威斯康星州的志愿者流动监测项目有关。我们假设，与没有经验的志愿者相比，参与志愿者监督会增加有经验的志愿者的事实学习，参与还与社区对社区自然资源管理的更多政治参与以及个人行动网络的规模扩大有关。我们发现，参与并不能显著增加事实学习；相反，新志愿者和有经验的志愿者对流相关主题的知识相同。然而，参与确实显著增加了志愿者的政治参与、个人网络和社区联系的感觉。我们考虑到利用志愿人员监测来加强当地社会资本和促进水资源适应性管理的可能性，从而考虑我们的调查结果。
This research evaluates whether increased learning, local political participation, and more extensive social networks are related to participation in a volunteer stream monitoring project in Wisconsin. We hypothesize that participation in volunteer monitoring increases factual learning among experienced volunteers compared to inexperienced volunteers, that participation also is associated with increased community political participation in community natural resources management, and increased size of personal action networks. We find that participation does not significantly increase factual learning; rather, new volunteers and experienced volunteers were equally knowledgeable about stream-related topics. However, participation does significantly increase the political participation, personal networks, and feelings of community connectedness among volunteers. We consider our findings in light of the possibility of using volunteer monitoring to enhance local social capital and contribute to the adaptive management of water resources.