What makes residents participate in the rural toilet revolution?

Yong Li; Shikun Cheng; Xingyu Chen; Mingjun Gao; Cong Chen; Elisabeth-Maria Huba; Zifu Li; John Crittenden; Tianxin Li

doi:10.1016/j.ese.2023.100343

What makes residents participate in the rural toilet revolution?

Environ Sci Ecotechnol. 2023 Nov 20:19:100343. doi: 10.1016/j.ese.2023.100343. eCollection 2024 May.

Authors

Yong Li¹, Shikun Cheng¹, Xingyu Chen¹, Mingjun Gao¹, Cong Chen², Elisabeth-Maria Huba³, Zifu Li¹, John Crittenden⁴, Tianxin Li¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Xueyuan Road No.30, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, PR China.
² School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Xueyuan Road No.30, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, PR China.
³ German Toilet Organization, Paulsenstr. 23, 12163, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, GA, United States.

Abstract

•Motivation of Chinese rural residents to participate in RTR identified•Motivational model of Chinese rural resident participating in RTR is constructed•Model includes intrinsic and extrinsic factors, and impacts of RTR policy•RTR policy may influence rural residents' final decision to participate RTR.