Factors influencing private and public environmental protection behaviors: Results from a survey of residents in Shaanxi, China

被引:59
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作者
Feng, Wang [1 ]
Reisner, Ann [2 ]
机构
[1] NW Univ Xian, Sch Econ & Management, Xian 710069, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Illinois, Dept Media & Cinema Studies, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
关键词
Public participation; Environmental behavior; Environmental knowledge; Environmental importance; Gender; CONSERVATION BEHAVIOR; RECYCLING BEHAVIOR; SOLID-WASTE; GENDER-GAP; ATTITUDES; BELIEFS; VALUES; PARTICIPATION; VULNERABILITY; FACE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.08.002
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Currently one of the largest and most rapidly developing countries, China also has some of the world's most severe environmental problems. China will most likely need to use all of the potential major strategies currently available to solve the country's huge environmental challenges, including promoting individual conservation behavior through educational campaigns and encouraging public environmental advocacy. This paper summarized the findings of a survey of 347 residents of Shaanxi province on environmental attitudes and behaviors. The survey found generally high levels of environmental knowledge and high recognition of the seriousness of environmental issues, moderate levels of individual actions supporting environmental resource conservation and low levels of public environmental behaviors, particularly for organized public advocacy. Further analysis indicated that the perceived importance of environmental protection is the most important factor influencing individual environmental resource conservation, but not public advocacy behaviors. Implications for environmental campaigns are discussed. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:429 / 436
页数:8
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