TITLE:
Would Education Help Rural Residents to Stop Littering Solid Wastes? An Evidence in China
AUTHORS:
Xuyin Zhang
KEYWORDS:
Rural Residents, Behavior, Solid Wastes, HLM
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.6 No.8,
August
29,
2018
ABSTRACT: With the significant growth of economy since 1978, environmental issues in
rural area are increasingly aggravated. In this research, hierarchical liner
model (HLM) was applied to estimate inflecting factors of rural residents littering
solid wastes. There are 3 main results: 1) random coefficient model is
an effective method to estimate rural residents’ behaviors; 2) environmental
public policies should be designed by considering of regional differences; 3)
enhancing education level is an appropriated way to help rural residents
stopping illegal littering behaviors.