Drinking Water Consumption Patterns: An Exploration of Risk Perception and Governance in Two First Nations Communities
Many Indigenous communities across Canada suffer from the lack of access to clean drinking water; ensuring individuals and communities have safe water to drink either from their home or from their local environment requires the consideration of multiple factors including individual risk perception....
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bd8b99bcda9d48bf9f61e98c49f0dea7 2023-05-15T16:16:35+02:00 Drinking Water Consumption Patterns: An Exploration of Risk Perception and Governance in Two First Nations Communities Neal Spicer Brenda Parlee Molly Chisaakay Doug Lamalice 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/su12176851 https://doaj.org/article/bd8b99bcda9d48bf9f61e98c49f0dea7 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/17/6851 https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050 doi:10.3390/su12176851 2071-1050 https://doaj.org/article/bd8b99bcda9d48bf9f61e98c49f0dea7 Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 6851, p 6851 (2020) indigenous water security drinking water bottled water Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/su12176851 2022-12-30T20:20:01Z Many Indigenous communities across Canada suffer from the lack of access to clean drinking water; ensuring individuals and communities have safe water to drink either from their home or from their local environment requires the consideration of multiple factors including individual risk perception. In collaboration with local leaders, semi-structured interviews ( n = 99) were conducted over a two-year period in the Dene Tha’ First Nation and Kátł’odeeche First Nation to unpack the issue of risk perception and its meaning to local community members. These local metrics of risk perception including smell, taste, safety, health fears and level of concern were then used to explore patterns in other data on drinking water consumption patterns and bottled water use. The results are consistent with previous research related to water insecurity and indicate that both communities consume more bottled water than the average Canadian. Results also varied by jurisdiction; those in Alberta indicated much higher levels of concern and a greater degree of bottled water consumption. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Sustainability 12 17 6851 |
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Many Indigenous communities across Canada suffer from the lack of access to clean drinking water; ensuring individuals and communities have safe water to drink either from their home or from their local environment requires the consideration of multiple factors including individual risk perception. In collaboration with local leaders, semi-structured interviews ( n = 99) were conducted over a two-year period in the Dene Tha’ First Nation and Kátł’odeeche First Nation to unpack the issue of risk perception and its meaning to local community members. These local metrics of risk perception including smell, taste, safety, health fears and level of concern were then used to explore patterns in other data on drinking water consumption patterns and bottled water use. The results are consistent with previous research related to water insecurity and indicate that both communities consume more bottled water than the average Canadian. Results also varied by jurisdiction; those in Alberta indicated much higher levels of concern and a greater degree of bottled water consumption. |
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Drinking Water Consumption Patterns: An Exploration of Risk Perception and Governance in Two First Nations Communities |
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Drinking Water Consumption Patterns: An Exploration of Risk Perception and Governance in Two First Nations Communities |
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