Values towards waterways in south east Queensland: Why people care |
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| Institution: | 1. Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom;2. NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom;3. Healthcare Science Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom;4. Department of Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom;5. Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom;1. Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia;2. Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, Brunswick North, VIC, Australia;3. Northern Basin Aboriginal Nations, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The management of waterways, including marine parks, typically centres on assessment of biophysical phenomena, whilst social dimensions are relatively neglected. The diverse ways people interact with and relate to aquatic environments are consequently overlooked in planning and management. This misses opportunities as people's decisions and actions have direct and indirect impacts on how natural systems function. Effective management requires appreciation of how people interact with these environments in order to tailor, and build public support for, management plans and ensure compliance. This qualitative study, using 30 semi-structured interviews, explores people's values towards Moreton Bay Marine Park and its tributary rivers in south east Queensland, Australia. The values offer a powerful means to understand the different ways people relate to these waters. The study found that these waterway environments provide people with a diversity of rich and meaningful experiences, and that individuals hold several values each; they are not discrete. Some types of value frequently occur together. These clusters of values suggest new ways of working with the public to achieve management goals of protecting and improving waterway environments. |
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| Keywords: | Values Environmental management Moreton Bay |
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