Environmental values and attitudes among farmers in China - a case study in the watershed of Yuqiao reservoir of Tianjin Municipality, China

Geir Inge Orderud; Rolf D Vogt

doi:10.1080/00207233.2016.1220699

Environmental values and attitudes among farmers in China - a case study in the watershed of Yuqiao reservoir of Tianjin Municipality, China

Int J Environ Stud. 2016 Nov 1;73(6):917-938. doi: 10.1080/00207233.2016.1220699. Epub 2016 Aug 19.

Authors

Geir Inge Orderud¹, Rolf D Vogt²

Affiliations

¹ NIBR-Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences , PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130 Oslo , Norway.
² Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo (UiO) , P.O. Box 1033 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo , Norway.

Abstract

Failure to curb water pollution in China brings to the fore the issue of environmental values and attitudes among Chinese farmers. Applying the New Ecological Paradigm Scale this study finds that the pro-environmental value of New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) Worldview has a stronger standing among the studied Chinese farmers than the Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP) Worldview.

Keywords: Attitudes; China; Eutrophication; Farmers; Policies; Values.