Coping with poor water supply in peri-urban Bandung, Indonesia: towards a framework for understanding risks and aversion behaviours

作者：Anindrya Nastiti, Barti Setiani Muntalif, Dwina Roosmini, Arief Sudradjat, Sander V. Meijerink, A.J.M. Smits · 发表于：Environment and Urbanization · 年份：2017 · DOI：10.1177/0956247816686485 · 被引用次数：46 · 研究领域：Child Nutrition and Water Access、Water resources management and optimization、Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

This paper explores the daily risks of households with respect to dimensions of inadequate water access and supply (quality, quantity, continuity and affordability). We describe how perceptions of risk are shaped and how households seek to reduce possible health impacts and potential economic losses through aversion behaviours. To this end, households’ activities relating to water storage, treatment and usage, together with water source preference, were analysed using a qualitative approach. We developed a framework that describes actual risk, risk perceptions and aversion behaviours. Risk perceptions and the adoption of aversion behaviours of varying frequency and intensity are based on a complex interaction between personal and shared experiences that relate to water supply dimensions, socioeconomic characteristics, and social networking. Moreover, we discuss household risk management strategies and provide some recommendations aimed at improving future approaches to the study of aversion behaviours.