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| Web URL(s): | http://caplter.asu.edu/docs/symposia/symp2012/Program2012.pdf#page=13
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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Brumand, J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | School of Geological Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
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| Title: | The effects of formal and informal institutions on residential land management in the Phoenix metropolitan area |
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| Section: | Land use, land cover, and land architecture
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| Meeting Info.: | Scottsdale, Arizona: January 13, 2012 |
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| Source: | Fourteenth Annual All Scientist Meeting and Poster Symposium 2012. 2012, p. 12-13. |
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| Publishing Information: | Phoenix, Arizona: Central Arizona - Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Choice of species; Decision-making; Institutions; Landscape management; Perceptions; Sustainable land management
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| Geographic Terms: | Phoenix, Arizona |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Residential land management practices are often studied from a purely ecologic perspective to gain understanding of the implications for surrounding ecosystems. However, to really be able to understand and shape sustainable land management with both ecological and social benefits, it is necessary to understand the driving forces behind why people make decisions. This research endeavors to understand how institutions influence land management practices in different residential contexts, and how formal (codified) rules and informal (non-codified) norms interact in neighborhoods to influencing landscaping practices. While various authors like Paul Robbins (2001) have conducted studies examining chemical applications and groundcover patterns in residential settings, including the influence of demographic and attitudinal factors in decision-making, the actual institutions that constrain or affect these decisions are not well understood. Land management norms are thought to reinforce neighborhood aesthetics and appearance, which could stimulate residents to water, fertilize, and apply pesticides more frequently than yard care experts recommend. With a better understanding of the effects that neighborly relations and organizations have on yard maintenance, knowledge about norms and social institutions can ultimately help improve water quality as well as enhance other sustainable practices (Nielson and Smith 2005). Further, this study examines how norms do or do not influence and reinforce groundcover and plant choices as well as maintenance practices through residents' held beliefs and exerted pressures among particular social groups and neighborhood HOAs. Understanding these implications is vital for the furtherance of sustainable communities and to understand the interplay between these sometimes-conflicting institutions." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 2 |
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| See Also: | See also poster presentation "The effects of formal and informal institutions on residential land management in the Phoenix metropolitan area" Fourteenth Annual All Scientist Meeting and Poster Symposium 2012, 2012, p. [1], R=213504. R=213504 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Brumand, J. 2012. The effects of formal and informal institutions on residential land management in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Fourteenth Annual All Scientist Meeting and Poster Symposium 2012. p. 12-13. |
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