scholarly journals Investigating psychological factors of behavioural intention of urban residents in South Australia to use treated stormwater for non-potable purposes

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhifang Wu ◽  
Elizabeth Hemphill ◽  
Jennifer McKay ◽  
Ganesh Keremane
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Sewage Water ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Treated Sewage ◽  
Local Water

This paper reports on the intentions of urban residents in two South Australian Local Government Areas (LGAs) (council areas) to use stormwater treated through a managed aquifer recharge process for various potential non-potable uses. Data were collected through an online survey of the residents in these LGAs. The key finding is that, in common with recycled sewage water, the intention to use treated stormwater was lower for uses having closer contact with people. A hypothesized model consisting of possible factors influencing the intention to use treated stormwater was developed based on the contemporary literature relating to usage of treated sewage water. Greater trust in the local water authority was shown to be associated directly and closely with a lower perceived health risk. A positive attitude by respondents to the use of treated stormwater (as an aspect of a sustainable future) was found to be more likely to result in an intention to use the treated stormwater for non-potable purposes. Respondents' perceived health risk, emotions and environmental concerns all had significant associations with their attitudes to using stormwater but were not associated with their intention to use it.

scholarly journals Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak in Urban Settings in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Ni ◽  
Eli R. Lebowitz ◽  
Zhijie Zou ◽  
Honghong Wang ◽  
Huaping Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Perceived Health Status ◽  
Screening Criteria ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The COVID-19 outbreak in China was devastating, and spread throughout the country before being contained. Stringent physical distancing recommendations and shelter-in-place were first introduced in the hardest-hit provinces, and by March, these recommendations were uniform throughout the country. In the presence of an evolving and deadly pandemic, we sought to investigate the impact of this pandemic on individual well-being and prevention practices among Chinese urban residents. From March 2-11, 2020, 4,607 individuals were recruited from 11 provinces with varying numbers of COVID-19 casers using the social networking app WeChat to complete a brief, anonymous, online survey. The analytical sample was restricted to 2,551 urban residents. Standardized scales measured generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), the primary outcome. Multiple logistic regression was conducted to identify correlates of GAD alongside assessment of community practices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, recommended public health practices significantly (p<0.001) increased, including wearing facial mask, practicing physical distancing, handwashing, decreased public spitting, and going outside in urban communities. Overall, 40.3% of participants met screening criteria for GAD and 49.3%, 62.6%, and 55.4% reported that their work, social life, and family life were interrupted by anxious feelings, respectively. Independent correlates of having anxiety symptoms included being a healthcare provider (aOR=1.58, p<0.01), living in regions with a higher density of COVID-19 cases (aOR=2.13, p<0.01), having completed college (aOR=1.38, p=0.03), meeting screening criteria for depression (aOR=6.03, p<0.01) and poorer perceived health status (aOR=1.54, p<0.01). COVID-19 had a profound impact on the health of urban dwellers throughout China. Not only did they markedly increase their self- and community-protective behaviors, but they also experienced high levels of anxiety associated with a heightened vulnerability like depression, having poor perceived health, and the potential of increased exposure to COVID-19 such as living closer to the epicenter of the pandemic.

scholarly journals I'm afraid to travel! Investigating the effect of perceived health risk on Malaysian travellers' post-pandemic perception and future travel intention

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Hafiz Hanafiah ◽  
Nur Adilah Md Zain ◽  
Muaz Azinuddin ◽  
Nur Shahirah Mior Shariffuddin
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tourist Behaviour

PurposeThis study investigates the effect of COVID-19 pandemic perceived health risk on traveller's post-pandemic perception and future travel intention. The study aims to provide insight into the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and its potential influence on tourist behaviour.Design/methodology/approachTwo hundred and forty-four responses were gathered quantitatively through an online survey. The research hypotheses were analysed using the partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).FindingsThis study found that COVID-19 affects tourists' travel behaviour. Key findings found that perceived health risk discourages travel attitudes and eventually lessens their future travel intentions. Results also suggest future strategies/directions for restarting the tourism industry.Practical implicationsThe study outcome assists tourism stakeholders in understanding the changes in tourist behaviour amid the heightened perceived health risk of COVID-19. Tourism policymakers and industry players should consider exploring how to mitigate similar health crises in the future.Originality/valueBy extending the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), this study establishes a theoretical framework in exploring the interrelationships between perceived risk, post-pandemic perception and future travel intention. This study sets a significant research agenda for future tourism research in understanding the mechanism behind health risk perceptions and tourist behaviour.

scholarly journals Perceived health risk, online retail ethics, and consumer behavior within online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-29
Author(s):  
Yuniarti Fihartini ◽  
Arief Helmi ◽  
Meydia Hassan ◽  
Yevis Marty Oesman
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Service Recovery ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Consumer Preference ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Shopping Behavior ◽  
Online Retail ◽  
Online Shopping Behavior

The risk of virus contracting during the COVID-19 pandemic has changed consumer preference for online shopping to meet their daily needs than shopping in brick-and-mortar stores. Online shopping presents a different environment, atmosphere, and experience. The possibility of ethical violations is higher during online than face-to-face transactions. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the influence of perceived health risk and customer perception of online retail ethics on consumer online shopping behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic, involving seven variables, namely perceived health risk, security, privacy, non-deception, reliability fulfillment, service recovery, and online shopping behavior. The data were collected through an online survey by employing the purposive sampling technique to a consumer who has shopped online during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. 315 valid responses were obtained and analyzed through quantitative method using SEM-Amos. The results showed that perceived health risk and four variables of online retail ethics including security, privacy, reliability fulfillment, and service recovery affected online shopping behavior. Meanwhile, non-deception was found to have an insignificant effect. The coefficient value proved perceived health risk to be more dominant in influencing online shopping behavior than the variables of online retail ethics. Thus, consumers pay more concern for their health during online shopping. However, positive consumer perceptions of the behavior of online retail websites in providing services also can encourage consumers to shop online during this pandemic.

A NEW STREETS CAPE FOR STORMWATERMANAGEMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN -CLIMATE CITIES: THE CONCEPT EXPLORED

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Argue
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Full Range ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Source Control ◽  
Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Effluent Water ◽  
Surface Appearance ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The water resources crisis facing countries of the Mediterranean Basin is reflected, in diminished form, in the semi-arid, “Mediterranean-climate” zone of Australia. Some creative solutions involving the collection, treatment, storage, retrieval and use of storm runoff to replace the component of mainssupplied water presently used for “second quality” purposes, are emerging in Adelaide, capital city of South Australia. The paper describes one initiative being taken to achieve source control of stormwater – quantity and quality – in mixed-density residential streets. The resulting streetscape is suitable for use in both “greenfields” and re-development projects. The paper explores the hydrological/hydraulic performance of the system and shows that it satisfies all theoretical- requirements for safety in the full range of flooding up to and including the “once in 100-years” event. The new streetscape holds the following advantages over conventional streetscapes : reduced peak outflows, greatly improved effluent water quality, aids “greening” of the landscape, potential for aquifer recharge where appropriate, aquiferretrieved groundwater can replace mains water used for irrigation, “nuisance” flows are fully contained (no surface appearance), major flows only occupy the swale, street residences are less flood prone and the streetscape fits more harmoniously into undulating terrain.

scholarly journals To Dine, or Not to Dine on a Cruise Ship in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Tripartite Approach towards an Understanding of Behavioral Intentions among Female Passengers

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2516
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Radic ◽  
Michael Lück ◽  
Amr Al-Ansi ◽  
Bee-Lia Chua ◽  
Sabrina Seeler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Cruise Ship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dining Services ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Cruise Line

Given that cruise line companies are rushing to restart their operations with modified dining services, the aim of this research is to establish a conceptual framework that precisely outlines female passengers’ behavioral intentions towards dining on cruise ships in the time of the COVID-19 crisis. It does so by extending the theory of reasoned action (TRA) by including the social servicescape of the cruise ship dining experiencescape (stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) paradigm) and perceived health risk from COVID-19 (the prospect theory). The developed theoretical framework based on this tripartite approach has predictive power for intentions. Its effectiveness and comprehensiveness are also demonstrated. Despite the positive effect of the social servicescape on attitude and emotions and the positive attitude of female cruise travelers, the negative effect of the perceived health risk from COVID-19 appears to be the dominant factor that ultimately discourages the behavioral intentions of female cruise passengers towards dining on a cruise ship in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The present research provides a crucial guiding framework that helps cruise academics and operators to maximize existing and potential passengers’ favorable decisions and behaviors for cruise ship dining.

Exploring Determinants Influencing the Intention to Use Mobile Payment Service

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amira F. A. Mahran ◽  
Hala M. Labib Enaba
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Mobile Payment ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Egyptian Culture

Mobile services are becoming increasingly commonplace in everyday life; however, Mobile payment (M-payment) is not among frequently used mobile services. The slowness of the diffusion of this service is the point of departure of the current research. The authors discuss why consumers are slow in adopting M-payment service and develop a proposed model that measures the customer’s attitude and intention to use this technology in Egypt. Different theories from diverse fields are reviewed to formulate the study’s conceptual framework. Empirical data were collected via an online survey for a sample of 490 students in “open education”, a type of e-distance learning. The results suggest that although the most important determinants influencing the customer’s attitude toward the service are perceived behavioral control and perceived usefulness, those influencing the intention to use it are perceived innovativeness, perceived expressiveness, facilitating condition, perceived usefulness, and social pressure. The results of the research differ from those of previous studies because of the effect of the Egyptian culture. Service providers can benefit from the results when formulating the marketing strategies to increase the usage of this service, improving mobile commerce.

Determinants of Consumer Intention to Use Online Gambling Services

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuno Fortes ◽  
António Carrizo Moreira ◽  
João Saraiva
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Online Gambling ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Performance Expectancy ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Usage Behavior ◽  
Facilitating Conditions

Online gambling has skyrocketed in recent years. As such, knowing the determinants of consumer usage behavior is crucial in understanding online gambling services. This study has as main objective the construction of an explanatory model of the online gambling services usage behavior, based on the incorporation of perceived risk in the conceptual framework of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2). The empirical validation of the model was performed by conducting an online survey to a convenience sample of 212 Portuguese online players. Data were processed using the PLS-SEM methodology. The results evidence that performance expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivations, price value, habits, as well as perceived risk influence the intention to use online gambling services.

scholarly journals FAKTOR PENENTU KUALITAS LAYANAN DAN MINAT UNTUK MELANJUTKAN PENGGUNAAN SISTEM PELAPORAN ONLINE

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Santirianingrum Soebandhi ◽  
Intan Nur Aini ◽  
Agus Baktiono
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Continuance Intention ◽  
Online Questionnaire

Abstrak: Faktor Penentu Kualitas Layanan dan Minat untuk Melanjutkan Penggunaan Sistem Pelaporan Online. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, kenyamanan, dan keamanan terhadap kualitas layanan dan minat untuk melanjutkan menggunakan SIPP online di BPJS Ketenagakerjaan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei online kepada 50 perusahaan peserta BPJS Ketenagakerjaan dengan segmentasi Platinum dan Gold. Kuesioner online diisi oleh Kepala Bagian Sumber Daya Manusia. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan PLS-SEM. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa kualitas layanan secara signifikan dipengaruhi oleh perceived ease of use dan kenyamanan, sedangkan minat melanjutkan penggunaan SIPP online hanya dipengaruhi oleh perceived usefulness. Kata Kunci: minat melanjutkan penggunaan, kualitas layanan, sistem pelaporan online Abstract: Determinants of Service Quality and Continuance Intention to Use Online Reporting System. This study aims to analyze the effect of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, convenience, and security towards service quality and continuance intention to use SIPP online at BPJS Employment. This study uses online survey method to 50 companies participating in BPJS Employment with Platinum and Gold segmentation. The online questionnaire was filled by the head of Human Resources Department. Data were analyzed using PLS-SEM. The results show that service quality was significantly influenced by perceived ease of use and convenience, while continuance intention to use SIPP online was only influenced by perceived usefulness. Keywords: continuance intention, service quality, online reporting system 

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