Seeking Substantiality: Evaluation of Public Attitudes toward Resilient Wastewater Reuse Management

Technical-economic modelling of integrated water management: wastewater reuse in a French island

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2001.0583 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 43 (10) ◽

pp. 67-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

P. Xu ◽

F. Valette ◽

F. Brissaud ◽

A. Fazio ◽

V. Lazarova

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Water Resources ◽

Potable Water ◽

Public Attitudes ◽

Wastewater Reuse ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Economic Modelling ◽

Wastewater Reclamation ◽

Management Scenarios ◽

Wastewater Reclamation And Reuse

An integrated technical-economic model is used to address water management issues in the French island of Noirmoutier. The model simulates potable water production and supply, potable and non potable water demand and consumption, wastewater collection, treatment and disposal, water storage, transportation and reuse. A variety of water management scenarios is assessed through technical, economic and environmental evaluation. The scenarios include wastewater reclamation and reuse for agricultural and landscape irrigation as well as domestic non potable application, desalination of seawater and brackish groundwater for potable water supply. The study shows that, in Noirmoutier, wastewater reclamation and reuse for crop irrigation is the most cost-effective solution to the lack of water resources and the protection of sensitive environment. Some water management projects which are regarded as having less economic benefit in the short-term may become competitive in the future, as a result of tightened environmental policy, changed public attitudes and advanced water treatment technologies. The model provides an appropriate tool for water resources planning and management.

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U.S. Public Attitudes Toward the Afghanistan War

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e515082012-001 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Staci Rhine ◽

Stephen Bennett ◽

Richard Flickinger ◽

Ed Hasecke

Keyword(s):

Public Attitudes ◽

Afghanistan War

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Trust in the Police: Cross-country Comparisons

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2012-11-24-47 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 24-47

Author(s):

V. Gimpelson ◽

G. Monusova

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Public Attitudes ◽

Crime Rates ◽

Authoritarian Regimes ◽

Data Sets ◽

The Public ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Cross Country ◽

Police Activity

Using different cross-country data sets and simple econometric techniques we study public attitudes towards the police. More positive attitudes are more likely to emerge in the countries that have better functioning democratic institutions, less prone to corruption but enjoy more transparent and accountable police activity. This has a stronger impact on the public opinion (trust and attitudes) than objective crime rates or density of policemen. Citizens tend to trust more in those (policemen) with whom they share common values and can have some control over. The latter is a function of democracy. In authoritarian countries — “police states” — this tendency may not work directly. When we move from semi-authoritarian countries to openly authoritarian ones the trust in the police measured by surveys can also rise. As a result, the trust appears to be U-shaped along the quality of government axis. This phenomenon can be explained with two simple facts. First, publicly spread information concerning police activity in authoritarian countries is strongly controlled; second, the police itself is better controlled by authoritarian regimes which are afraid of dangerous (for them) erosion of this institution.

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A Subtle but Intractable Problem? Public Attitudes to Sectarianism in 2014

Scottish Affairs ◽

10.3366/scot.2015.0078 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 266-287 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Rachel Ormston ◽

John Curtice ◽

Stephen Hinchliffe ◽

Anna Marcinkiewicz

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Public Attitudes ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Social Attitudes ◽

The Public ◽

Public Beliefs ◽

Intractable Problem ◽

Robust Evidence

Discussion of sectarianism often focuses on evidence purporting to show discriminatory behaviour directed at Catholics or Protestants in Scotland. But attitudes also matter – in sustaining (or preventing) such discriminatory behaviours, and in understanding the nature of the ‘problem of sectarianism’ from the perspective of the Scottish public. This paper uses data from the Scottish Social Attitudes survey 2014. The survey fills a gap in the evidence base by providing robust evidence on what the public actually thinks about sectarianism in modern Scotland. It assesses public beliefs about the extent and nature of sectarianism and its perceived causes. Tensions in public opinion and differences in the attitudes of different sections of Scottish society are explored.

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