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Title:
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PARTICIPATION IN CITIZEN SCIENCE: DRIVERS AND BARRIERS FOR SHARING PERSONALLY-COLLECTED WEATHER DATA VIA WEB-PLATFORMS |
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Author(s):
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Mohammad Gharesifard, Uta Wehn |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-41-8 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Guo Chao Peng |
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Year:
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2015 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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ICT-enabled Citizen Participation, Citizen Science, Citizen Observatories, Theory of Planned Behavior, data sharing |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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63 |
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Last Page:
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70 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The importance and potential of involving citizens in gathering data about the environment and also higher levels of participation in environmental governance and decision making are on the increase. In parallel, the diffusion of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) that are interactive and easy to use have provided new horizons for facing extreme weather events and the threatening hazards resulted from those. Nevertheless, the success of citizen observatories hinges on the continued involvement of citizens as central actors of these initiatives. Developing strategies to (further) engage citizens requires an in-depth understanding of the behavioral determinants that encourage or impede individuals to collect and share environment-related data. In this paper, the behavioral determinants of sharing personally-collected weather data via web-platforms are analyzed by using the Theory of Planned Behavior from the behavioral sciences. The findings and analysis are based on a qualitative empirical research carried out in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Italy. These results were complemented by a review of secondary literature. Consequently, a model was developed that identifies the main drivers and barriers for participation in citizen weather observatories. This model can be utilized as a tool to develop strategies for further enhancing ICT-enabled citizen participation in climate change adaptation. |
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