Gauging the Material Magnitude, Public Perception, and Governance of Roadside Litter in a Rural Mexican Municipio

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• 作者：Andrew Hilburn
• 关键词：Roadside litter ; Public perception ; Litter estimates ; Mexico ; Environmental governance
• 刊名：Human Ecology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：August 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：44
• 期：4
• 页码：479-491
• 全文大小：1,743 KB
• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Social Sciences
  Anthropology
  Sociology
  Environmental Management
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-9915
• 卷排序：44

文摘

Roadside litter is an ever-present human-environmental issue in Mexico, yet material estimates do not exist for rural places. This study estimates roadside litter, by abundance, weight, and class, and examines public perceptions of litter in the rural municipio of Coxcatlán, Puebla, Mexico. During fieldwork, ten study sites were selected, cleaned, and sampled periodically to estimate the generation rate of garbage. A household survey was conducted using participatory risk mapping in 433 households across the study area to gauge concern over litter. Litter and dumping are substantial concerns for households while generation rates along Coxcatlán’s roadsides are lower than most estimates for U.S. roadsides, highlighting the importance of perception of an environmental issue amid its empirically-derived reality. Results are contextualized within the broader framework of current and potential governance and management in the study area.