Effects of social capital, risk perception and awareness on environmental protection behavior

Introduction: Environmental protection is an essential issue for sustainable development, and its execution power mainly comes from individual environmental protection behavior. This study investigates the resident environmental protection behaviors and influencing factors in the ecologically fragil...

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Autores principales:	Fang Su, Nini Song, Haiyang Shang, Jing Wang, Bing Xue
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Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Materias:	environmental sustainability social capital environmental awareness and behavior environmental risk perception structural equation model Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:77f6f79046434179a91dca4955e12ada2021-12-02T18:04:40ZEffects of social capital, risk perception and awareness on environmental protection behavior2332-887810.1080/20964129.2021.1942996https://doaj.org/article/77f6f79046434179a91dca4955e12ada2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2021.1942996https://doaj.org/toc/2332-8878Introduction: Environmental protection is an essential issue for sustainable development, and its execution power mainly comes from individual environmental protection behavior. This study investigates the resident environmental protection behaviors and influencing factors in the ecologically fragile areas of western China based on a total of 1062 households by adopting the participatory assessment method. Then, this study used the structural equation model to empirically analyze the impact of social capital, environmental risk perception, and environmental awareness on residents’ environmental protection behavior.Outcomes: The results showed that environmental awareness is the basis for practicing environmental protection behavior, consistent with the existing research; social capital has a significant impact on residents’ environmental protection behavior, with an impact coefficient of 0.347. Hence, environmental risk perception has an indirect influence on environmental protection behavior through environmental awareness. Besides, compared with urban residents, rural residents’ environmental awareness and social capital have a stronger role in environmental protection behavior.Conclusions: The study clarified the influence path of residents’ environmental protection behavior, thus effectively providing a decision-making basis for the government to guide residents in the environmental governance system.Fang SuNini SongHaiyang ShangJing WangBing XueTaylor & Francis Grouparticleenvironmental sustainabilitysocial capitalenvironmental awareness and behaviorenvironmental risk perceptionstructural equation modelEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcosystem Health and Sustainability, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2021)
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topic	environmental sustainability social capital environmental awareness and behavior environmental risk perception structural equation model Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	environmental sustainability social capital environmental awareness and behavior environmental risk perception structural equation model Ecology QH540-549.5 Fang Su Nini Song Haiyang Shang Jing Wang Bing Xue Effects of social capital, risk perception and awareness on environmental protection behavior
description	Introduction: Environmental protection is an essential issue for sustainable development, and its execution power mainly comes from individual environmental protection behavior. This study investigates the resident environmental protection behaviors and influencing factors in the ecologically fragile areas of western China based on a total of 1062 households by adopting the participatory assessment method. Then, this study used the structural equation model to empirically analyze the impact of social capital, environmental risk perception, and environmental awareness on residents’ environmental protection behavior.Outcomes: The results showed that environmental awareness is the basis for practicing environmental protection behavior, consistent with the existing research; social capital has a significant impact on residents’ environmental protection behavior, with an impact coefficient of 0.347. Hence, environmental risk perception has an indirect influence on environmental protection behavior through environmental awareness. Besides, compared with urban residents, rural residents’ environmental awareness and social capital have a stronger role in environmental protection behavior.Conclusions: The study clarified the influence path of residents’ environmental protection behavior, thus effectively providing a decision-making basis for the government to guide residents in the environmental governance system.
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title	Effects of social capital, risk perception and awareness on environmental protection behavior
title_short	Effects of social capital, risk perception and awareness on environmental protection behavior
title_full	Effects of social capital, risk perception and awareness on environmental protection behavior
title_fullStr	Effects of social capital, risk perception and awareness on environmental protection behavior
title_full_unstemmed	Effects of social capital, risk perception and awareness on environmental protection behavior
title_sort	effects of social capital, risk perception and awareness on environmental protection behavior
publisher	Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/77f6f79046434179a91dca4955e12ada
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Effects of social capital, risk perception and awareness on environmental protection behavior

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