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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework
Published on: July 24, 2016
Modelling Farmers' Watershed Ecological Protection Behaviour with the Value-Belief-Norm Theory: A Case Study of the
Siyang Zhang1, Minjuan Zhao1, Qi Ni1
1College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
Abstract:
Encouraging farmers to protect their environment is of great significance in improving watershed ecological environments and promoting the sustainable development of the watershed economy. To explore the factors influencing farmers' ecological protection behaviours in the river basin, we constructed a structural equation model to analyse the survey questionnaire responses of 719 farmers in the Wei River Basin, Shaanxi Province, China. The theoretical framework incorporated farmers' watershed belonging and social capital into an extended value-belief-norm model. Robustness tests revealed that incorporating these variables was valid. Personality norms, watershed belonging, and social capital all had direct positive effects on farmers' watershed ecological protection behaviour. Value orientation, environmental concern, consequences awareness, and responsibility attribution influenced the next variable in a causal chain and finally acted on watershed ecological protection behaviour indirectly through personality norms. Farmers' watershed belonging and social capital positively impacted individual norm; through this, there was an indirect positive impact on their watershed ecological protection behaviour. Moreover, watershed belonging and social capital reinforced each other.
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