Doctoral Dissertation Research: Interorganizational Influences on Water Issue Awareness and Knowledge: Recognition Justice in Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona

博士论文研究：组织间对水问题意识和知识的影响：亚利桑那州凤凰城大都会的正义认可

• 批准号: 0803102
• 负责人: Ann Kinzig
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-05-01 至 2009-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0803102&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Interorganizational; Influences

Distributional and ideological barriers can create disparities in the ability of the public to advocate for their interests in particular environmental decisions. This research focuses on the roles interactions between organizations play in shaping public understanding of water resource issues, with a particular emphasis on water education provided to citizens of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. The objectives of this study are to use an environmental justice framework to understand: (1) the geographic distribution of water education effort in metropolitan Phoenix; (2) how public receptiveness and knowledge differ across areas of high and low water education effort; (3) the distribution and qualities of water education gaps (Are they merely spatial or are there mismatches between water education effort and public receptiveness? How systemic are these gaps?); (4) the roles of organizational networks in public perceptions of each organization's usefulness; and (5) potential ways to take advantage of ties or making changes to the network structure of organizations that could influence the equity and efficiency of the educational landscape. To address these objectives, this research will use participatory geographic information systems (GIS) methods, which use local expertise to create and evaluate maps, to delineate the spatial overlap of programs provided by all 43 organizations providing information about water conservation and water quality. Maps designate census tracts as receiving "high" or "low" amounts of information. This research also uses social network analysis to analyze the structure of informational ties between organizations to determine how much they might influence each other. Finally, a multi-modal survey of residents in three "high" educator effort and three "low" educator effort neighborhoods will measure water knowledge, information perceptions, information preferences, and demographic characteristics. The findings will demonstrate ways in which relationships between organizations influence public awareness about water. The investigators expect that there are spatial differences in issue awareness, but that ideological differences between water education providers and sub-populations may categorically exclude subgroups traditionally vulnerable to environmental ills. Researchers predict that social networks between organizations may illuminate why educators may conform on sub-optimal campaigns designed to inform the public about local water issues.The proposed research is a consideration of spatial and ideological elements of public information as an environmental justice issue. However, GIS-based environmental justice studies rarely address the concept of recognition justice which suggests that people must have a voice in the development of policy. By examining patterns in the level of accessible information about water conservation, this study is able to address the issue of recognition justice. Methodologically, this research presents a new combination of decision making tools. For example, combining participatory GIS with visualizations and statistical analyses of the relationships between organizations enhances the salience of the information for water educators and represents new interdisciplinary research methods that can be useful in the future. This type of social network analysis is rarely used in environmental justice and provides context for the choices made by education organizations and insight into how particular messages or methods of information sharing become popular. This research also has potential use within the water management field. Upon completion, the investigators will host a meeting for water educators and water managers to report the results of the study and provide a forum for discussion about potential ways to shift resources to better serve the water literacy needs and environmental goals of the metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona population.

分配和意识形态方面的障碍会造成公众在具体环境决定中为自己的利益进行宣传的能力上的差异。 本研究的重点是组织之间的作用，在塑造公众对水资源问题的理解发挥互动，特别强调水教育提供给亚利桑那州凤凰城大都市的公民。 本研究的目标是使用环境正义框架来了解：（1）凤凰城大都市水教育工作的地理分布;（2）高水教育工作和低水教育工作领域的公众接受度和知识有何不同;（3）水教育差距的分布和质量（它们只是空间上的还是水教育工作和公众接受度之间存在不匹配？ 这些差距的系统性如何？）; (4)组织网络在公众对每个组织的有用性的看法中的作用;（5）利用关系或改变组织网络结构的潜在方法，这可能会影响教育环境的公平和效率。 为了实现这些目标，本研究将使用参与式地理信息系统（GIS）的方法，利用当地的专业知识来创建和评估地图，以描绘所有43个组织提供的有关水资源保护和水质的信息的方案的空间重叠。 地图将人口普查区指定为接收“高”或“低”信息量。 本研究还使用社会网络分析来分析组织之间的信息联系结构，以确定它们之间可能相互影响的程度。 最后，在三个“高”教育工作者的努力和三个“低”教育工作者的努力社区居民的多模式调查将衡量水的知识，信息的看法，信息偏好和人口特征。 调查结果将展示组织之间的关系如何影响公众对水的认识。 调查人员预计，有空间差异的问题意识，但水教育提供者和亚群体之间的意识形态差异可能会断然排除亚群体传统上容易受到环境问题。 研究人员预测，组织之间的社交网络可能会照亮为什么教育工作者可能符合次优运动，旨在告知公众有关当地的水issues.The拟议的研究是一个考虑的空间和意识形态元素的公共信息作为一个环境正义问题。 然而，基于地理信息系统的环境正义研究很少涉及承认正义的概念，这表明人们必须在政策制定中有发言权。 通过研究模式的水资源保护的可访问信息的水平，本研究能够解决的问题，承认正义。 从方法论上讲，这项研究提出了一种新的决策工具组合。 例如，将参与式地理信息系统与组织间关系的可视化和统计分析相结合，可提高水教育工作者信息的重要性，并代表今后可能有用的新的跨学科研究方法。 这种类型的社会网络分析很少用于环境正义，并为教育组织的选择提供背景，并深入了解特定的信息或信息共享方法如何变得流行。 这项研究在水管理领域也有潜在的用途。 完成后，研究人员将为水教育工作者和水管理人员举办一次会议，报告研究结果，并提供一个论坛，讨论如何转移资源，以更好地满足亚利桑那州凤凰城大都市人口的水扫盲需求和环境目标。