Residents’ perception of air quality, pollution sources, and air pollution control in Nanchang, China

Xiong, Liang; Tu, Hong; Maddock, Jay E.; Fan, Shidong; Lan, Guilin; Wu, Yanyan; Yuan, Zhao; Lu, Yuanan

doi:10.5094/apr.2015.092

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“…This finding is not expected since it is generally believed that travelers have more experience of good air quality in other cities and countries and thus should have a more desire for better air quality environment [16,17]. One potential reason is that the responders think they have already paid a lot of taxes when compare with other countries or areas and believe that the government should play a leading role regarding citizens' action [54].…”

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“…Actually, this method of measurement contains several different formats including open-ended, biding games and dichotomous choices, which is considered the best way to reflect the authentic thoughts of the participants' WTP [47]. Given that previous studies have been mainly focused on residents, parents and caretakers [17,29,37], this study is designed to understand the perception of WTP from manufacturing workers. Being an urban population group in cities engaged in industry process, which are linked to large air pollutants [48,49], manufacturing workers' attitude to current air pollution could be particularly interested and important.…”

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Willingness to Pay for Improved Air Quality and Influencing Factors among Manufacturing Workers in Nanchang, China

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Pan

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(1) Background: Air quality apt to deteriorate in decades in China, people are seeking improvement measures. To assess the willingness to pay (WTP) for improved air quality among manufacturing workers and associated factors influencing their WTP. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted in combination with contingent valuation in Nanchang between September and October of 2015. A face-to-face interview was conducted to obtain basic demographic information from manufacturing workers and to understand their WTP for air quality improvement. (3) Results: A total of 600 effective questionnaires were collected in this study and showed that more than half of the respondents (53%) expressed their WTP for improved air quality. Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that the main factors associated with manufacturing workers' WTP were their residence areas, education level, annual household income and travel experience. (4) Conclusions: These findings have provided (a) important information of the concern and desire for air pollution control through their WTP from manufacturing workers, (b) baseline information for the policy-maker and local government for their development of more effective policy in air pollution prevention and control and (c) the need for more study for WTP among different population groups in future.

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Willingness to Pay for Improved Air Quality and Influencing Factors among Manufacturing Workers in Nanchang, China

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“…Media are the main source for dissemination of air pollution information [10], and participants agreed that improving AQ is essential and should be the responsibility of both the government and individual citizens, but the number of people willing to change their behavior is small [13]. In addition, the difference in public perception of air pollution and their environmental awareness level is influenced by their environmental knowledge [2] [11], and is further influenced by their socio-economic status and family health experience, as well as proximity to the pollution source [16]. The findings from these studies suggest a need for the government to improve awareness of air pollution issues, and to implement AQ control measures more effectively [2] [13] [14].…”

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“…Recently, several studies have explored attitudes and behaviors in response to air pollution in China [2] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]. These include public knowledge and perception of air pollution and smog in the Jing-Jin-Ji region [9] and Ningbo [10], residents' perception of AQ, pollution sources, and air pollution control in Nanchang [2] [11], Shanghai [12] and Jinchuan [13], as well as a survey on perception of air pollution and its health effect in Wuyuan [13], etc.…”

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Public Perception Survey Study on Air Quality Issues in Wuhan, China

Liu¹,

Kobernus²,

Hong³

2017

JEP

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In 2013, a survey on air quality (AQ) was conducted in Wuhan, China. The aim was to investigate public awareness of air pollution, and its epidemiological effect. This survey targeted both suburban and central city regions of Wuhan city, between August and December of 2013, where it engaged 1225 participants. Approximately 65% perceived AQ in Wuhan to be "bad". Over 95% recognized a causal association between air pollution and human health. About 65% were unaware of any action taken by the government to mitigate the air pollution situation. 84% indicated that the government should shut down highly polluting enterprises, while 95% expressed willingness to reduce private use of vehicles if required. The results demonstrate that the citizens of Wuhan are concerned about air pollution issues, and agree that improving AQ is the obligation of all citizens. Further, they called for concrete actions to improve AQ. The survey emphasized the need for better education and more activities to raise environmental awareness. The innovative aspects of this survey were the exploration of participants' perceptions of AQ issues and the survey results may influence local government to impose stricter regulations, and to develop more effective programs involving citizens.

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“…An informed citizenry can make better decisions and will be empowered to follow the progress of the air pollution control actions [64] [65] [66].…”

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How Do People Understand Urban Air Pollution? Exploring Citizens’ Perception on Air Quality, Its Causes and Impacts in Colombian Cities

Ramírez¹,

Mura²,

Franco³

2017

OJAP

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Similarly to other Latin American countries, urban air quality is a major concern in Colombia. The purpose of the present study was to explore citizens' perception on local air pollution, its causes and impacts. A questionnaire was individually applied to a sample of 994 participants. Relationships between demographic features and the perception on air quality were analyzed using a logistic regression, its odds ratio (OR), and a Chi-square test. Eighty percent of the respondents perceive their local air quality as either bad or fair, 65% recognize particulate matter as the main local air pollutant, and 90% recognize negative impacts on people's health as the main consequence of air pollution. In contrast to other studies where age and economic status are variables highly related with public perception on the level of atmospheric pollution, in this study only the size of the cities has a statistically significant relationship with the perception on local air quality regarding the level of pollution(OR ≥ 1, confidence intervals > 1 and p-values < 0.05). While area sources such as mining and infrastructure construction are identified as the main sources of pollutant emissions in small towns (less than 50,000 inhabitants), in big cities, road traffic is identified as the main source contributor to atmospheric pollution. Opposite to data from official reports, and regardless of the size of the city, households are perceived as the place with greatest contribution to personal air pollution exposure. Results show that citizens are aware of the state of air quality and its health impact is a major concern. Such findings suggest people's opinions can be used as provisional indicators in cities without data, as well as to monitor the results of local air quality management. As a com- 2plementary process, or at the same level of importance given to technicalbased policy, citizen participation can contribute to a collective construction of urban air pollution control strategies.

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Residents’ perception of air quality, pollution sources, and air pollution control in Nanchang, China

Cited by 64 publications

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Willingness to Pay for Improved Air Quality and Influencing Factors among Manufacturing Workers in Nanchang, China

Willingness to Pay for Improved Air Quality and Influencing Factors among Manufacturing Workers in Nanchang, China

Public Perception Survey Study on Air Quality Issues in Wuhan, China

How Do People Understand Urban Air Pollution? Exploring Citizens’ Perception on Air Quality, Its Causes and Impacts in Colombian Cities

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