Quantitative Study on the Influencing Factors of Improving Public Environmental Awareness in Shanghai Based on Structural Equation Model

Abstract:

Many factors contribute to formation of the environmental awareness of the public. The current existing related research mainly focuses on analysis of causality and correlation, with few quantitative research and empirical test. Thus the paper attempts to give a quantitative description of the factors influencing the public environmental awareness in Shanghai through applying structural equation model, and then put forth effective improvement countermeasures to provide theoretic basis for the government to formulate relevant policies. The conclusion show: The economic factor and environmental awareness factor show the strongest correlation, Individual factor has relatively obvious influences on the environmental factors, the year of birth, monthly income per capita, awareness of environmental protection, number of the neighborhood committees, and the number of the parks have great influences on the pubic environmental awareness in Shanghai

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 518-523)
• Pages: 5103-5107
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.518-523.5103
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Guo Dong Yan, Jian Cheng Kang, Guo Dong Wang, Hai Lin, Jiong Zhu, Chao Liu, Wenzheng Sun, Yan Li, Tao Jin
• Keywords: Environmental Awareness, Environmental Protection, Shanghai

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