K Hamel, K Lacasse, T Dalton - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier

Recreational users' perceptions of coastal water quality in Rhode Island (USA): Implications for policy development and management.

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program AND Program Evaluation

Dalton, Hamel, Lacasse

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Excerpt

Stakeholders' understanding of water quality influences how they approach water policy problems and their support for potential solutions. This study explores how resource policy in the United States accounts for different water quality meanings held by recreational users. In-person surveys were conducted along the shoreline in Rhode Island (USA) to examine how recreational users make sense of coastal water quality. Findings indicate that recreational users' understanding of water quality is constructed from an array of …

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