Would Rural Residents Will to Pay for Environmental Project? An Evidence in China

Abstract

This research estimated Chinese rural residents' willingness to pay for rural solid wastes recycling project. Dichotomous choice format contingent valuation method was employed to diverse rural residents' preference. 4795 Households had been interviewed for collecting primary data, and had been estimated respondents' will by logistic regression model. It indicated that the respondents would refuse to support solid wastes recycling project due to households' income restriction. The mean annual WTP of rural residents were 23.41 Chinese Yuan per household. In conclusion the rural solid wastes recycling project is acceptable and accessible for implementation in Chinese rural area.

Promoting Farmers’ Participation in Rural Settlement Environment Improvement Programmes: Evidence from China

“…Research on farmers’ decision making focuses on the determinants of decision making, such as the awareness of the environment and responsibility, the degree of access to information, neighbourhood relations, religious belief, economic and social status, institutional trust, local attachment, social norms, and social supervision [ 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ]. It is not difficult to find that farmers being the subject in rural settlement environment improvement has globally become a social consensus [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]. However, whether farmers may take the lead in rural settlement environment improvement is an open issue.…”