Community identified characteristics related to illegal dumping; a mixed methods study to inform prevention.
J Environ Manage
; 346: 118930, 2023 Nov 15.
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ABSTRACT
Illegal dumping is a public health burden for communities suffering from historical disinvestment. We conducted a mixed methods study to answer 1) What are stakeholder perspectives on social/environmental determinants of illegal dumping? and 2) Do these or other characteristics predict known locations of illegal dumping? We employed an exploratory sequential design in which we collected and analyzed in-depth interviews (n=12) with service providers and residents and subsequently collected and analyzed data from multiple secondary sources. Stakeholders endorsed nine determinants of illegal dumping Economic Decline, Scale of Vacancy, Lack of Monitoring, Poor Visibility, Physical Disorder, Illegal Activity, Norms, Accessibility, and Seclusion. Results demonstrate important community-identified, modifiable, social, and environmental characteristics related to illegal dumping with the potential to inform effective prevention.
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J Environ Manage
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2023
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