Key Terms
Theory that supports the idea that proximity to environmental problems drive heightened concern
environmental deprivation theory
The strongest predictors of environmental concern
Race, class, and gender
Where this study was conducted
Charlotte, North Carolina
The main shortcoming in data collection
Response rates were not included -- data could be biased towards people that wanted to respond
Theory that supports the idea that socially marginalized groups have less environmental concern because they must focus on more essential needs
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Groups that face greater stormwater hazards and recovery challenges
Marginalized Communities (low income, unemployed, underinsured)
How gender of respondents was determined
By voice
How gender affected willingness to pay
Women had greater willingness to pay
Governance that focuses on engineering and technological strategies, shifting water management out of sight of the public
Technocratic
Ways women bear the brunt of flood-recovery tasks (name one out of the three)
They care for sick and elderly family members, apply for aid from public services, and women-dominated service industries are less likely to provide job security, childcare, and uninterrupted paychecks during flood events
The three studied variables
Willingness to pay, Willingness to volunteer, concern for flooding
The main barrier for willingness to pay
Economic status
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services
What leads to high stormwater risk perception
physical exposure and and high vulnerability to stormwater hazards
The model that utilizes a framework to describe the relationship between attitudes and behaviors
Attitude-behavioral model
Relationship that defines less educated individual’s willingness to pay flood fees (in contrast to highly educated individual’s willingness to pay)
Indirect relationship
A statistical technique that is used as a way to understand how one variable affects another through a third variable
Mediation Analysis
How stormwater fees are determined
The amount of impervious land on one’s property
What OLS stands for
Ordinary Least Squares
How study measurements should change in the future to be more realistic
Measure based on action, rather than just intent (ex. joining advocacy groups)