Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2): 127-134.doi: 10.11934/j.issn.1673-4831.2017.02.005

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Cognition and Behavioral Responses of Farmers to Centralized Disposal of Rural Domestic Refuse: With Governance Situation Set as Regulatory Variable

LIN Li-mei, LIU Zhen-bin, HUANG Sen-wei, ZHENG Yi-fang   

  1. School of Public Administration, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
  • Received:2016-05-05 Online:2017-02-25 Published:2017-02-14

Abstract:

Farmers are not only the makers, but also the victims of rural domestic refuse pollution, as well as the main beneficiaries of governance of the pollution. So, it is important and meaningful to farmers multiple in status to study behavioral mechanism of the farmers participating in centralized disposal of rural domestic refuse. Therefore, analysis was done of the survey data of 270 farmer households in Fujian Province, using the Hierarchical Regression Model for relationship between psychological cognition and behaviors of the farmers involved in centralized disposal of rural domestic refuse, and with governance situation introduced as regulatory variable, analysis was further done of effect of governance situation regulating the relationship between psychological cognition and disposal behaviors of the farmers. Results show:(1) Attitude of the farmers towards centralized disposal of rural domestic refuse has a significantly positive effect on the farmers' behaviors in sorting refuse, paying for refuse disposal and dumping at assigned sites; while subjective standardization does only on the latter 2 items; (2) Among the factors of governance situation, cleaning frequency of domestic refuse disposal facilities has a positive effect on farmers' psychological cognition and refuse disposal behaviors, while the distance between the farmers houses and the refuse treatment facilities has a significantly negative effect on payment of refuse disposal fees and dumping at a designated site, but a positive one on sorting of refuse. In addition, the number of domestic refuse collection facilities has a positive regulatory effect on payment of refuse disposal fees and dumping at designated sites, but no regulatory effect on sorting of domestic refuse.

Key words: rural domestic refuse disposal, behavioral attitude, subjective standardization, governance situation

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