Si Hongyun, Duan Xu, Zhang Wenjia, Su Yangyue, Wu Guangdong
School of Public Administration and Policy, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, China.
School of Management Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, China.
J Environ Manage. 2022 Mar 15;311:114848. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114848.
Saving water is a common responsibility of all humanity, which is essential for achieving sustainable use of global water resources. The aim of this study is to discover the determinants of an individual's intention to save water. Based on the theory of planned behavior, a novel comprehensive framework has been developed by extending environmental concern, perceived risk, and information publicity. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to perform an empirical analysis with data from questionnaire of 265 residents in Jinan, the famous Chinese "Spring City". The findings indicate that residents have a strong environmental concern and water-saving intention with mean values of 6.78 and 6.67, respectively. Attitude and information publicity are the most important antecedents of water-saving intention, followed by subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. Environmental concern and perceived risk indirectly affect the intention to save water through attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. The role of environmental concern is more important than the role of perceived risk. Interestingly, a high level of information publicity may strengthen the impact of attitude on water-saving intention but weaken the impact of perceived behavioral control. This study strongly supplements current knowledge on water-saving behavior. Moreover, these findings provide insights for policymakers to motivate people to save water.
节约用水是全人类的共同责任，对于实现全球水资源的可持续利用至关重要。本研究旨在发现个体节水意愿的决定因素。基于计划行为理论，通过扩展环境关注度、感知风险和信息宣传，构建了一个全新的综合框架。采用偏最小二乘结构方程模型，对中国著名“泉城”济南265名居民的问卷调查数据进行实证分析。研究结果表明，居民的环境关注度和节水意愿较强，均值分别为6.78和6.67。态度和信息宣传是节水意愿最重要的前因，其次是主观规范和感知行为控制。环境关注度和感知风险通过态度、主观规范和感知行为控制间接影响节水意愿。环境关注度的作用比感知风险的作用更重要。有趣的是，高水平的信息宣传可能会增强态度对节水意愿 的影响，但会削弱感知行为控制的影响。本研究有力地补充了当前关于节水行为的知识。此外，这些研究结果为政策制定者激励人们节约用水提供了见解。
