Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2015, ICT 2015, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2015, WBC 2015 and Connected Smart Cities 2015, CSC 2015 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2015 |
| Editors | P. Isaias, L. Rodrigues , H.F. Betancort, P. Kommers, G.S. Peng |
| Publisher | IADIS |
| Pages | 63-70 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-989853341-8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2015, ICT 2015, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2015, WBC 2015 and Connected Smart Cities 2015, CSC 2015 - Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain Duration: 21-Jul-2015 → 23-Jul-2015 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2015, ICT 2015, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2015, WBC 2015 and Connected Smart Cities 2015, CSC 2015 |
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| Country/Territory | Spain |
| City | Las Palmas, Gran Canaria |
| Period | 21/07/2015 → 23/07/2015 |