Browsing by Author "Perry, Vanessa"

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    Examining Collective-Efficacy As A Framework For Watershed Scale Resource Management
    (2017-10) Perry, Vanessa
    This dissertation explores a collective-efficacy theoretical framework as it relates to climate change and extreme weather response and water and stormwater management in a northern Minnesota coastal community. A multi method research approach was implemented in two sub-watersheds of the Lower St. Louis River Basin near Duluth, Minnesota that included 27 interviews, two focus groups, a workshop, and bio-physical modeling of potential climate impacts. Perceived collective-efficacy to make decisions and take action to manage natural resources and potential future resource impacts from climate and extreme weather impacts emerged as a prominent theme in analysis. This dissertation explores collective-efficacy in the study community through three approaches, 1) perceived collective-efficacy for resource management and climate and extreme weather response as it relates to relationship to place, 2) the use of a collective-efficacy framework throughout a sequential community-based, multi methods, natural resource management study, and 3) the application of collective-efficacy principals in an applied tool for use in local decision making. An exploration of collective-efficacy in local communities can help identify barriers to effective decision making and opportunities for progress in climate and extreme weather preparedness. This work both builds the body of literature on climate response related collective-efficacy research and offers an applied path for stakeholders working collectively to address challenging natural resource management issues.
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    A Social Science Assessment of Conservation Practices in the Red River Basin of Minnesota
    (Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 2014-06) pradhananga, Amit; Perry, Vanessa; Davenport, Mae A. Ph.D.
    This report describes a social science assessment of conservation practices conducted in the Red River Basin, Minnesota. The study was conducted by the Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota in collaboration with the Northwest Regional Sustainable Development Partnership, University of Minnesota. The overarching goal of the study was to provide a science-based approach to understanding and promoting conservation practices in the Red River Basin. The specific study objectives were to (1) identify determinants of conservation practice adoption among agricultural producers in the Red River Basin, (2) better understand how conservation practices and determinants of adoption vary across subwatershed populations within the Red River basin (e.g., geographically, demographically, socially), and (3) to offer strategies for policy-makers, resource professionals and other local actors to best design and promote water resource programs that are ecologically, hydrologically, and socially relevant and responsive to changing conditions.
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    A Social Science Asssessment of Conservation Practices in the Red River Basin of Minnesota
    (University of Minnesota, 2014-11) Pradhananga, Amit K.; Perry, Vanessa; Davenport, Mae