Project A2: Societal Innovation & Behaviour Change
Kelly Fielding & the A2 team
A2 team
• A2.1 • Jo Lindsey, Meredith Dobbie, Seamus O’Hanlan,
Andrea Gaynor, Jenny Gregory, Lionel Frost, Peter Spearitt
• A2.2• Liam Smith, Jo Lindsay, Kelly Fielding, Fiona
Newton, Lata Ganghadaran, John Thwaites• A2.3• Kelly Fielding, Libby Mitchell, Fiona Newton
Objectives
A2.1 Understand & document the social and historical processes of domestic water use in Australian cities in order to: • Inform socially acceptable & effective water sensitive policies & interventions
A2.2 Identify & prioritise target behaviours that will assist in the transition to water sensitive cities & Test efficacy of interventions to influence identified behaviours
A2.3 Identify & evaluate methods to engage communities with sustainable urban water management• Establish baseline water literacy & identify community-friendly terminology &
visuals
Progress & findings to dateA2.1
• Report on review of the sociological & cultural lit on domestic water use
• Identified key dimensions relevant to understanding water use cultures
• Appointed PhD student
A2.2
• Through industry workshops & literature review identified key water sensitive behaviours in relation to efficiency, pollution, flooding
• Appointed 2 PhD students
A2.3
• Conducted literature review & interviews with industry representatives
• Identified: 1) which water concepts /issues are not well understood, 2) principles for effective engagement
Next steps
Water histories of Bne, Mel, Perth
Identify water use cultures
Prioritisation & sequencing of key
water sensitive behaviours
Benchmark Australian water
literacy & attitudes to Water sensitive
strategies
Next steps (2)
• Nationally representative online survey of N = 2500 Australians
• Measuring: – Socio-demographics– Social capital/identity– Behaviour– Knowledge– attitudes
Potential links
A2•Barriers/facilitators to community
acceptance/uptake of WSUD
• Identification of the ways in which community are most likely to contribute to water sensitive
urbanism
* Identification of the best ways to communicate/engage about
WSUD to build policy support
B1.1: high resolution local rainfall scenarios as engagement strategies?
B2.1: Demonstration site as engagement strategy?
B2.2 What role can community behaviour play in remediation
guidelines?
B3.1: What resistance might there be to stormwater harvesting & how can these resistances be overcome?
B3.2: Health benefits of green infrastrcuture/WSUD as rationales
for change