Factors influencing public participation in urban water environmental governance: Based on the survey data in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou

Research on the Public Behaviors to Participate in the Lake Chief System-Based on the Survey of Hengshui City, China

“…However, as lake resources are public goods, the public inevitably has a "free-riding" mentality when participating in environmental protection (Langpap, 2010) [18]. Studies on the reasons for public participation in environmental governance have been analyzed from different perspectives (Shen Jinyu et al, 2021) [19]. This paper analyzes the public's participation in the lake chief system from the degree of understanding and the awareness of environmental responsibility.…”

“…Lake environmental governance refers to the governance of lake resources that directly or indirectly affect human life and development through various measures, so that the environment meets the development needs of human society and can adapt to the lake ecology (Gao jianyu et al, 2004) [20]. Environmental protection behavior, which can centrally reflect the public's cognition and attitude towards environmental protection, is an important indicator to measure their willingness to participate in environmental governance (Shen jinyu, 2021) [19]. Therefore, this paper uses the public's lake protection behavior to describe the public's willingness and degree to participate in the lake chief system.…”