KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BMPS AND MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT ACROSS A SOCIOECONOMIC GRADIENT

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dc.contributor.advisorLeisnham, Paul T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMaeda, Potential Kanokoen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-25T06:36:12Z
dc.date.available2018-01-25T06:36:12Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractTo reduce nutrient pollution in our waterways and restore impaired watersheds, residents are needed to voluntarily practice a range of stormwater best management practices (BMPs). The overall goal of my thesis was to better understand barriers to BMP implementation by exploring the links among resident demographics, knowledge, and behaviors, as well as mosquito management, so that appropriate education can be more effectively developed and targeted. Importantly, this study found respondents who defined themselves as Caucasian or other races, and that were in owned houses, had higher mean BMP knowledge than respondents that identified themselves as African American and who are renters, respectively. This study also found that one barrier to BMP implementation, concern of mosquito breeding in BMPs, was not significant. Estimated abundances for all mosquito abundance metrics were significantly higher in combined other types of wet containers compared to wet disconnected downspouts, a commonly found BMP.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2057CT9P
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20448
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSocial researchen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledWater resources managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBMPen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddisconnected downspouten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledenvironmental educationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledKAPen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmosquitoen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledstormwateren_US
dc.titleKNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BMPS AND MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT ACROSS A SOCIOECONOMIC GRADIENTen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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