Would Education Help Rural Residents to Stop Littering Solid Wastes? An Evidence in China ()
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.
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Zhang, X. (2018) Would Education Help Rural Residents to Stop Littering Solid Wastes? An Evidence in China.
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
6, 175-184. doi:
10.4236/gep.2018.68013.