Household adoption of smog protective behavior: a comparison between two Chinese cities

Wei, Jiuchang; Zhu, Weiwei; Wang, Fei

doi:10.1080/13669877.2015.1121904

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“…The concern for disaster risk reduction and concern for building safety can be seen as risk perception. Similar to most of the prior studies, risk perception is a positive predictor of individual disaster preparedness (Bronfman et al, 2016;Han et al, 2017b;Han and Nigg, 2011;Sadiq and Graham, 2016;Zhang et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 69%

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Mapping individuals' earthquake preparedness in China

Han

et al. 2018

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Disaster preparedness is critical for reducing potential impact. This paper contributes to current knowledge of disaster preparedness using representative national sample data from China, which faces high earthquake risks in many areas of the country. The adoption of earthquake preparedness activities by the general public, including five indicators of material preparedness and five indicators of awareness preparedness, were surveyed and 3245 respondents from all 31 provinces of Mainland China participated in the survey. Linear regression models and logit regression models were used to analyze the effects of potential influencing factors. Overall, the preparedness levels are not satisfied, with a material preparation score of 3.02 (1-5), and awareness preparation score of 2.79 (1-5), nationally. Meanwhile, residents from western China, which has higher earthquake risk, have higher degrees of preparedness. The concern for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and the concern for building safety and participation in public affairs are consistent positive predictors of both material and awareness preparedness. The demographic and socioeconomic variables' effects, such as gender, age, education, income, urban/rural division, and building size, vary according to different preparedness activities. Finally, the paper concludes with a discussion of the theoretical contribution and potential implementation.

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confidence: 69%

“…This indicates that most of the public is aware of the earthquake risk in their region. The results also demonstrated that hazard proximity is positively correlated with hazard (earthquake) preparedness (Bonaiuto et al, 2016;Howe, 2011;Lindell, 2013;Mishra et al, 2010;Russell et al, 1995;Zhang et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 80%

Mapping individuals' earthquake preparedness in China

Han

et al. 2018

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…Third, our research was limited to Wuhan, a densely populated and highly polluted city in the central Hubei province. Research by Wei, Zhu, Marinova, and Wang (2015) suggests that individuals' air pollution appraisals depend in part on where they live. More specifically, Wei et al (2015) found that individuals are most sensitive to air pollution when they live in a city that is not typically polluted.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research by Wei, Zhu, Marinova, and Wang (2015) suggests that individuals' air pollution appraisals depend in part on where they live. More specifically, Wei et al (2015) found that individuals are most sensitive to air pollution when they live in a city that is not typically polluted. In other words, their paper suggests that individuals might become psychologically desensitized to air pollution over time.…”

Section: Future Directions and Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Polluted Work: A Self-Control Perspective on Air Pollution

Fehr

Yam

He³

et al. 2015

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In rapidly developing nations such as China, air pollution is a growing concern. Nonetheless, theory and data on the impact of air pollution on employee behavior are essentially nonexistent. In this paper we employ a diary methodology to examine the within-individual effects of air pollution appraisals on employees' daily self-control resources and behavior. Multilevel data collected across two weeks from 155 employees located in urban China indicate that appraisals of air pollution severity deplete employees' self-control resources. This depletion in turn mediates the effects of air pollution appraisals on employee behavior, resulting in decreased organizational citizenship behavior and increased counterproductive work behavior. In support of the depletion perspective, the effects of air pollution appraisals are moderated by employees' trait self-control, and hold even after controlling for employees' daily negative affectivity and objective levels of air pollution. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

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“…(3) public awareness of smog pollution in China [12][13][14][15][16]; (4) the public's willingness to pay (WTP) for reducing or tracking haze pollution [17][18][19][20][21][22]; (5) the public's adaptive behavior responses to haze pollution in urban China [23,24]; (6) personal protection strategies from haze pollution [23,25]; and (7) consumers' purchase intentions related to products that deal with haze pollution [26].…”

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A Questionnaire Case Study of Chinese Opinions on the Haze Pollution and Economic Growth

Qiu

Wang²,

Fan³

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Haze pollution in China has reshaped daily life for the Chinese and led to serious health issues. At the same time, the Chinese have enjoyed the rapid economic growth that has contributed to this pollution. While questionnaire-based studies have been conducted within certain regions of China to learn the public's opinions of haze pollution, little work has been done to understand how Chinese citizens value haze treatment in relation to their nation's economic growth at a nationwide scale. To fill this knowledge gap, this project conducted a nationwide investigation of Chinese opinions on the benefits of economic growth versus the disadvantages of haze pollution, as well as their responses to efforts by the Chinese government to combat haze and to the influence of haze on Chinese daily life and on personal health. The study also sought suggestions for combatting haze. In particular, an anonymous questionnaire consisting of 29 questions was given in the summer and fall of 2017 to 1233 people of different genders, ages, child statuses, educational backgrounds, occupations, living areas (rural, suburban, and urban), and living regions. The statistical Chi squared test was then used to identify the demographic group of respondents supporting the economic slowdown policy or requesting more efforts from the Chinese government to combat haze pollution. A multivariate statistical approach-principal component analysis-was further applied to visualize respondents' feedback on the impact of haze on their daily life and personal health, as well as the change of environment and economic conditions in the last 10 years. The results show that more than 50% of respondents, especially those with children, those between the ages of 31 to 50, and those living in high-pollution regions, supported the economic slowdown policy. Totally 40.63% of the entire group of respondents believed the government's efforts to control haze were small or very small. Only 27.84% of respondents held the opposite opinions. In total, 72.91% of respondents believed the environment in China became worse or much worse in the past 10 years; however, most responded positively to the idea of resolving the haze issue within 15 or more years. Haze has caused health issues in and around half of the respondents and has significantly reshaped their outdoor activities.

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Household adoption of smog protective behavior: a comparison between two Chinese cities

Cited by 32 publications

References 68 publications

Mapping individuals' earthquake preparedness in China

Mapping individuals' earthquake preparedness in China

Polluted Work: A Self-Control Perspective on Air Pollution

A Questionnaire Case Study of Chinese Opinions on the Haze Pollution and Economic Growth

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