Success factors for citizen science projects in water quality monitoring
San Llorente Capdevila, Anna, Kokimova, Ainur, Sinha Ray, Saunak, Avellán, Tamara, Kim, Jiwon and Kirschke, Sabrina, (2020). Success factors for citizen science projects in water quality monitoring. Science of the Total Environment, 728 1-17
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Sub-type Journal article Author San Llorente Capdevila, Anna
Kokimova, Ainur
Sinha Ray, Saunak
Avellán, Tamara
Kim, Jiwon
Kirschke, SabrinaTitle Success factors for citizen science projects in water quality monitoring Appearing in Science of the Total Environment Volume 728 Publication Date 2020-03-12 Place of Publication Amsterdam, Netherlands Publisher Elsevier B.V. Start page 1 End page 17 Language eng Abstract Attempts to monitor the quality of freshwater resources on a global scale unveil huge data lacks. Involving citizens in data collection has potential to resolve this lack of water quality data. However, it is widely unclear which factors drive the success of citizen science activities. Based on a systematic literature review of 56 peer-reviewed research articles, we identify three sets of factors for successful citizen science projects in water quality monitoring: (i) attributes of citizens (knowledge and experience in collecting data, awareness of environmental problems, motivation, and socio-economic background of citizens), (ii) attributes of institutions (motivation, type of organization, consistent and adequate funding), and (iii) the interactions between citizens and institutions (supporting structure, communication and feedback). These three sets of factors enable a systematic analysis and design of citizen science projects in the future. UNBIS Thesaurus DATA COLLECTION Keyword Community-based monitoring
Sustainable Development Goal 6
Systematic literature review
Transdisciplinary researchCopyright Holder The Authors Copyright Year 2020 Copyright type Creative commons ISSN 00489697 DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137843 -
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