New Directions in Lawn and Landscape Water Conservation

2006 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Vickers
Keyword(s):  
Water Conservation ◽  
Landscape Water ◽  
New Directions

scholarly journals Tapping into Residents’ Perceptions to Diffuse Landscape Water Conservation and Protection Practices

EDIS ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Colby Silvert ◽  
Laura Warner ◽  
Matt Benge ◽  
John Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
Landscape Conservation ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations Theory ◽  
Widespread Adoption ◽  
Landscape Water ◽  
Extension Professionals ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities

This new 4-page article provides real examples of how university researchers used the Diffusion of Innovations theory to analyze Florida residents’ perceptions of landscape conservation and fertilizer behaviors and identify barriers and opportunities to encourage widespread adoption. The information and recommendations are intended for Extension professionals and other practitioners to promote behavior change in household landscaping practices. Written by Colby Silvert, Laura Warner, Matt Benge, and John Diaz and published by the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc405

scholarly journals Using County Typology Informed by Population Size to Understand Key Audience Characteristics for Tailored Landscape Water Conservation Programs

EDIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. Sanagorski Warner ◽  
John M. Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Water Conservation ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Landscape Management ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
Extension Programs ◽  
Conservation Programs ◽  
Homeowners Association ◽  
Landscape Water

A major priority for UF/IFAS is the promotion of science-based landscape management practices to conserve water resources. This publication outlines specific opportunities that exist for tailoring landscape water conservation programs to Floridians who live in more and less metropolitan areas. People who live in more populated counties in Florida tend to have longer residency tenure, are more likely to live within a community governed by a homeowners’ association, and to hire a landscape professional. This audience demonstrates increased engagement with specific water conservation practices as compared to other conservation strategies. Understanding these differences among audience subgroups can provide insights to guide impactful Extension programs.

scholarly journals Considering Participants’ Personal Wellness in Conservation-Based Extension Programs: Opportunities for Integrative Development and Evaluation

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Diaz ◽  
Erica Odera ◽  
Laura Warner
Keyword(s):  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Extension Programs ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Residential Landscape ◽  
Personal Wellness ◽  
Landscape Water

Extension organizations are at the forefront of water resource issues, using educational programs to drive participant behaviors towards water conservation. The effectiveness of these efforts centers on designing programs with considerations of the factors that will change relevant decisions and behaviors among residential landscape water users. We conducted a statewide study to explore the concept of wellness and well-being, and these characteristics' relationship to water conservation behaviors. Our results show that psychosocial measures influence current and future residential landscape water conservation behaviors differently. Perception of well-being is the more consistent predictor for both current behaviors and future intentions. These results demonstrate an opportunity for those focused on environmental behaviors to pair and embed programs focused on personal well-being to empower communities to work toward achieving conservation goals.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc370

scholarly journals PROMOTING AWARENESS OF WATER CONSERVATION IN THE LANDSCAPE

HortScience ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1117d-1117
Author(s):  
Deborah M. Shuping ◽  
Jeffrey D. Zahner
Keyword(s):  
Water Conservation ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Water Efficiency ◽  
Careful Planning ◽  
Building Science ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Landscape Plants ◽  
Landscape Water

Water conservation is making journal headlines nationwide because of drought, contamination, pollution, and over development. While the idea of xeriscaping began in the Western United States where landscapes can be truly dry, many water-saving principles apply to the Southeast, where home moisture problems and pest problems associated with moisture are a major problem. A year of drought maybe followed by three years of plentiful rainfall, and conditions are significantly different from the semi-arid regions of the country to which most of the present literature on water conservation is directed.The purpose of this project was to provide information on water conservation to designers, landscape industry personnel, and homeowners in the Southeast. This was done by compiling recommendations based on research being conducted by professionals in building science, forestry, horticulture, entomology and landscape architecture.An educational tool addressing the pressing national problem of water conservation with a regional emphasis, this project was designed to help readers increase landscape water efficiency by 30 to 50% while lowering maintenance costs and insuring greater survivability of landscape plants in times of water shortage. Through careful planning and design, economically attractive and aesthetically sound water conserving landscapes can be created.

scholarly journals Balancing Landscape Preferences and Water Conservation in a Desert Community

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane E. Spinti ◽  
Rolston St. Hilaire ◽  
Dawn VanLeeuwen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Desert Plants ◽  
Property Value ◽  
Desert Environment ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
Residential Landscapes ◽  
Landscape Water ◽  
Willingness To Use

We surveyed homeowners with residential landscapes in Las Cruces, N.M., to determine design features participants valued in their landscapes, their attitudes toward the landscape use of desert plants and opinions on factors that would encourage respondents to reduce landscape water use. We also determined whether the willingness to use desert plants in their landscapes related to the length of residency in the southwestern United States. At least 98% of respondents landscaped to enhance the appearance of their home and increase their property value. About half (50.6%) of the participants strongly agreed or agreed that the main reason to landscape was to display their landscape preferences. Many participants indicated they would use desert plants to landscape their front yard (80.3%) and back yard (56.3%), but relatively lower percentages of participants actually had desert landscapes in their front yard and back yard. Regardless of their property value, respondents were more likely to use desert plants in their backyard the shorter their stay in the desert. Data revealed that participants rank water shortages as the factor that would most likely cause them to reduce the amount of water they applied to their landscapes. We conclude that homeowners report willingness to use desert plants but desert-type landscapes are not a widespread feature of managed residential landscapes. Furthermore, water shortages and the length of time respondents spent in a desert environment would most likely influence water use in their landscapes.

Quantifying Urban Landscape Water Conservation Potential Using High Resolution Remote Sensing and GIS

2011 ◽  
Vol 77 (11) ◽  
pp. 1113-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fayek A. Farag ◽  
Christopher M.U. Neale ◽  
Roger K. Kjelgren ◽  
Joanna Endter-Wada
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Remote Sensing And Gis ◽  
Landscape Water ◽  
Urban Landscape Water

scholarly journals Study on the Construction Mode of Water Ecological Civilization in Coastal Cities——Taking Shenzhen as an Example

2018 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
pp. 02034
Author(s):  
Hanxiu Fu ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Yuanfang Chen ◽  
Jian Hu ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Conservation ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Ecological Civilization ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Coastal Cities ◽  
Landscape Water ◽  
Water Problems ◽  
Construction Mode ◽  
Dual Core

Based on the present situation of water ecological civilization construction in Shenzhen, the paper summarizes the path of water ecological civilization construction with Shenzhen characteristics. That is to say, the construction is around the development vision of “river and sea are calm and peaceful, green mountains and clear water, modern livable, beautiful Pengcheng”, to create the eight major systems of water safety, water environment, water ecology, water conservation, water management, water landscape, water economy and water culture according to local conditions on the basis of the spatial layout of “nine basins and four sections, three bays and two belts, five-point and dual-core”. This construction mode provides an important reference for promoting the governance of Shenzhen water problems under the guidance of the concept of ecological civilization and provides a model reference for the construction of water ecological civilization in coastal cities[1,2,6].

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