Chinese Residents’ Perceived Ecosystem Services and Disservices Impacts Behavioral Intention for Urban Community Garden: An Extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Agronomy

Yulin Peng¹  Ziniu Deng¹  Xiaoying Yu¹  Can Wu²  Di Shu²  Dexin Gan²  Xiaoma Li²  Feipeng Sheng³  Shenglan Wu⁴  Yuqing Tian⁵ 

[1] College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China;College of Landscape Architecture and Art Design, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China;Department of Architecture, Hunan Urban Construction College, Xiangtan 411104, China;Orient Science &Technology College, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China;School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;

关键词: urban community garden;    ecosystem service and disservice;    behavioral intention;    theory of planned behavior;    structural equation model;   

DOI  :  10.3390/agronomy12010193

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Urban community gardens (UCGs), greenspace cultivated and managed for vegetables by local communities, provide substantial ecosystem services (ES) and are warmly welcomed by residents. However, they also have many ecosystem disservices (EDS) and are almost always refused by the decision-makers of the government, especially in China. Better understanding the residents’ perceived ES and EDS and the impact on the behavioral intention (BI) toward UCGs is of great value to solve the conflicts between residents and the government concerning UCGs and to develop sustainable UCGs. Following the theory of planned behavior (TPB), we measured perceived ES/EDS, attitudes (ATT), perceived behavioral control (PBC), subjective norm (SN), and BI of 1142 residents in Changsha, China, and investigated their direct and indirect causal relationships using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results showed that: (1) ATT, PBC, and SN significantly and positively impact the BI of UCGs and together explained 54% of the variation of BI. (2) The extended TPB model with additional components of perceived ED/EDS improved the explanatory ability of the model, explaining 65% of the variance of BI. Perceived ES and perceived EDS showed significant direct positive and negative impacts on UCGs, respectively. They also indirectly impacted BI by influencing ATT, PBC, and SN. The findings of this study can extend our understanding of residents’ attitudes, behavior, and driving mechanism toward UCGs, and can help decision makers to design better policies for UCG planning and management.

【 授权许可】

Unknown