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Psychological barriers to urban recycled water acceptance: a review of relevant principles in decision psychology

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  • Carol Nemeroff
  • Paul Rozin
  • Brent Haddad
  • Paul Slovic

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This paper reviews principles from decision psychology relevant to understanding and increasing acceptance of urban recycled water, and supplements existing literature by suggesting an additional factor: adaptation insensitivity. We integrate into our discussion previously unpublished results from a study conducted in 2007, which surveyed 2680 respondents in five American cities, identifying basic psychological features impacting resistance to recycled water. We focus on identifying targets for intervention, including the failure of respondents to realize that, with exposure, they would adapt to recycled water (adaptation insensitivity).

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  • Carol Nemeroff & Paul Rozin & Brent Haddad & Paul Slovic, 2020. "Psychological barriers to urban recycled water acceptance: a review of relevant principles in decision psychology," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(6), pages 956-971, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cijwxx:v:36:y:2020:i:6:p:956-971
    DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2020.1804841
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    1. James, Christina Anne & Kavanagh, Marie & Manton, Carl & Soar, Jeffrey, 2023. "Revisiting recycled water for the next drought; a case study of South East Queensland, Australia," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    2. Veronika Vaseková, 2022. "How do people in China perceive water? From health threat perception to environmental policy change," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 12(3), pages 627-645, September.

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