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| Author: | Taylor, A. (et al.) |
| Title: | Education campaigns to reduce stormwater pollution in commercial areas: Do they work? |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2007 : AUG, VOL. 84:3, p. 323-335 |
| Index terms: | behavioural science individual behaviour education projects environmental protection water pollution Australia |
| Freeterms: | best management practices |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In order to determine whether a low-cost, 8-month education campaign (hereafter as: ed-cmpg.) operating within a small commercial district was successful at changing people's behaviour and reducing stormwater (as: s-w.) litter loads, a monitoring (here as: mont.) and evaluation (as: eval.) program with 6 different styles of eval. was undertaken. In addition, also tested were newly developed guidelines for mont. and eval. all types of non-structural s-w. quality best management practices (BMPs). Overall, the ed-cmpg. produced mixed results, with the net result being modestly positive. Specifically, the ed-cmpg. was unsuccessful at significantly influencing the knowledge or attitudes of merchants or the public, it was modestly successful (as: m-s-full.) at influencing the behaviour of merchants and the public, and also m-s-full. at reducing s-w. litter loads. |
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