Stakeholders’ Attitudes about the Transplantations of the Mediterranean Seagrass Posidonia oceanica as a Habitat Restoration Measure after Anthropogenic Impacts: A Q Methodology Approach

Sustainability

Cecilia Mancusi¹  Claudia Bulleri²  Fabio Badalamenti³  Carlo Pipitone³  Arturo Zenone³  Giovanni D’Anna⁴  Maria Flavia Gravina⁵  Sebastiano Calvo⁶  Agostino Tomasello⁶  Tiziano Bacci⁷  Monica Targusi⁷  Fabio Bertasi⁷  Barbara La Porta⁷  Anna Cacciuni⁷  Alessandro Piazzi⁸  Stefano Conconi⁹ 

[1] ARPAT, Via Marradi 114, 57126 Livorno, Italy;Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale, Piazzale Premuda 6/a, 57025 Piombino, Italy;CNR-IAS, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521, 90149 Palermo, Italy;CNR-IAS, Via Giovanni da Verrazzano 17, 91014 Castellammare del Golfo, Italy;Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica s.n.c., 00133 Roma, Italy;Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 16, 90128 Palermo, Italy;ISPRA, Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144 Roma, Italy;SETIN srl, Via Guido d’Arezzo 16, 00198 Roma, Italy;VESENDA, Via Fratelli Cuzio 42, 27100 Pavia, Italy;

关键词: compensation measures;    stakeholders’ perception;    environmental impact;    environmental governance;    conflict resolution;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su132112216

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Anthropogenic impacts on Posidonia oceanica meadows have led to a decline of this ecosystem throughout the Mediterranean. Transplantations have often been prescribed as a compensation measure to mitigate the impacts caused by coastal maritime works. Here a Q methodology approach was used to investigate the stakeholders’ attitudes in four case studies of P. oceanica transplants realized in Italian waters. Twenty-two respondents were asked to score 37 statements, and the resultant Q-sorting was analyzed via an inverse PCA using the KADE software. Four discourses, corresponding to the significant axes in the factorial analysis were identified: science and conservation (F1), oriented at a rigorous scientific approach; engineering and industry (F2), oriented at the economic development; environmentalism and participation (F3), oriented at the conservation of seagrass meadows; and transplantation-oriented (F4), oriented at the realization of transplants as compensation measures. The main conflicts and agreements between discourses are assessed and discussed, based on the analysis of the distinguishing statements that contributed to consensus or disagreement among discourses. The benefits of the Q methodology in the identification and mediation of conflicts in the four case studies are discussed, and its potential as a powerful aid in the development of a good environmental governance is acknowledged.

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