Utilising a farmer typology to understand farmer behaviour towards water quality management: Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Scotland
Utilising a farmer typology to understand farmer behaviour towards water quality management: Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Scotland
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DOI：
10.1080/09640568.2010.515880
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Hall, C.
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作者：
Barnes, A. P.;Willock, J.;Hall, C.
硝酸盐脆弱区（NVZ）是满足欧盟水质标准的强制性手段。在NVZ中经营的农民面临着农业活动的一些限制，并且更需要保存与使用的氮投入的时间和数量有关的记录。本文介绍了在苏格兰指定的硝酸盐脆弱区（NVZ）的农民的态度和价值观的调查结果。对水质管理的看法的基础上开发了一个类型利用因子和聚类分析技术。三种类型被确定为“抵抗者”，“冷漠者”和“多功能主义者”。“抵抗者”和“多功能主义者”对土地使用管理有类似的方法，但他们对环境、水管理和NVZ法规的看法不同。冷漠主义者对法规的目的和一般的水质管理漠不关心。这一点还表现在它们没有采取自愿措施来改善水质。“冷漠者”（约占调查答复的三分之一）缺乏参与，这对政策制定者来说尤其成问题。有必要更有针对性地向这类农民提供信息，强调鼓励水质管理行为的有利看法。
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) are employed as compulsory instruments to meet standards on EU water quality. Farmers operating in NVZs face a number of restrictions on agricultural activity and a greater requirement for record keeping in relation to timing and quantities of nitrogen inputs used. This paper presents results of a survey into the attitudes and values of farmers within the designated Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) in Scotland. A typology based on perceptions towards water quality management was developed using factor and cluster analysis techniques. Three types were identified as 'resistors', 'apathists' and 'multifunctionalists'. The 'resistors' and the 'multifunctionalists' had similar approaches to land use management, but then diverged in terms of their perceptions towards the environment, water management and the NVZ regulations in particular. The apathists were indifferent towards the aims of the regulation and to water quality management in general. This was also evidenced by their lack of uptake of voluntary measures for improving water quality. The lack of engagement from the 'apathists', which represent around a third of the responses to the survey, is particularly problematic for policy makers. There is a need for greater targeting of information to this farmer type emphasising favourable perceptions which encourage water quality management behaviours.