Ecological Citizenship and Social Representation of Water: Case Study in Two Argentine Cities

SAGE Open

Marta Biagi¹ 

关键词: social representation of water;    urban culture;    ecocentric paradigm;    locus of control;    ecological citizenship;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244011417897

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

This article examines the social representations of water in urban cultures of Argentina, placing the subject as a matter of academic and practical interest. Some questions have guided this investigation—What is water for the urban dweller? What are the actions that a citizen is willing to exercise?—A qualitative research was conducted (according to Yin’s case analysis methodology) in Gualeguaychú and Buenos Aires. Following the collected data, the authors reconstructed the dominant paradigm in both cities, which was the ecocentric model. However, the acceptance of ecological values and beliefs is not an indicator of the exercise of proecological behavior concerning water. Empirical findings have guided the authors to inquire the degree of relationship between social representations and attributes of Andrew Dobson’s model of ecological citizenship.

【 授权许可】

CC BY