Application of social identity models of collective action to facilitate participation in groundwater aquifer storage and recovery management

Frontiers in Psychology

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Naser Valizadeh¹  Mehdi Bagheri-Gavkosh²  Masoud Bijani³  Dariush Hayati¹ 

[1] Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University;Irrigation and Reclamation Engineering Department, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran;Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University

关键词: Aquifer storage and recovery;    Water Management;    Farmers' participation;    Social identity;    Fashafuyeh plain;    Enbironmental Psychology;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.996877

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is considered as an innovative method and an alternative one for sustainable management of water resources that has, in recent years, attracted the attention of experts and thinkers. Implementation of this method would entail the participation and collective action of various stakeholders. In this process, farmers are considered as the most important stakeholders; and limited studies have been conducted on their intentions to participate in collective actions of ASR management. In this regard, the investigation of farmers' intention to participate in ASR and its determinants, using social identity models of collective action, was selected as the main purpose of the present study. For this purpose, using a cross-sectional survey, 330 Iranian farmers were interviewed. In this study, the ability of the dual-pathway model of collective action (DPMCA) and the encapsulation model of social identity in collective action (EMSICA) was evaluated and compared to explain farmers' intentions towards participation in ASR management. The results revealed that the both models had good predictive powers;However, DPMCA was a stronger framework than EMSICA for facilitating farmers' collective behaviors in the field of participation in ASR management. This is one of the most important results of the present research that might be used by various users including decision makers, managers, and practitioners of water resources management in Iran and generally the world. Finally, the creation of a "we thinking system" or social identity in the field of ASR management was highlighted as one of the most important take-home messages.

【 授权许可】

CC BY