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Determinants and the Moderating Effect of Perceived Policy Effectiveness on Residents’ Separation Intention for Rural Household Solid Waste
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 15, Iss 4, p 726 (2018), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 15; Issue 4; Pages: 726
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2018.
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Abstract
- Currently, villages “besieged with garbage” have become a serious problem in rural areas of China. Separation of rural residential solid waste (RRSW) is one of the main strategies for waste reduction. Although previous studies have analyzed the social and psychological motivations of residents’ separation intention for municipal solid waste (MSW), little attention has been paid to the situation in rural areas. This paper investigates key factors influencing rural residents’ separation intention, as well as analyzing the moderating effects of perceived policy effectiveness on the relationship between the determinants and the intention, using survey data of 538 rural residents in the province of Sichuan in China. The results show that all the proposed key factors influence the separation intention significantly. Furthermore, the policies were divided into two types and the moderating effects were tested for each type. The results show that the perceived effectiveness of both the inducement policy and the capacity building policy moderated the relationship between attitude and separation intention positively, while the perceived effectiveness of the inducement policy moderated the relationship between subjective norms and intention negatively. The findings provide insightful information for policymakers to design effective RRSW separation policies.
- Subjects :
- Rural Population
China
Municipal solid waste
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
media_common.quotation_subject
Separation (statistics)
lcsh:Medicine
050109 social psychology
Intention
010501 environmental sciences
Environment
Garbage
Models, Psychological
Solid Waste
01 natural sciences
Article
Waste Management
Perception
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
waste separation
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
media_common
Family Characteristics
Motivation
Public economics
05 social sciences
lcsh:R
rural household solid waste
extended theory of planned behavior
inducement policy
capacity building policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Capacity building
Policy
Attitude
Social Conditions
Survey data collection
Female
Rural area
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16604601 and 16617827
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ca4ad7ab9f779ee0ea760ff68485e8e5