Creating sustainable neighbourhoods in cities: greener neighbourhoods could promote residents pro-environmental recycling behaviour

doi:10.1007/s10980-024-02009-5

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	Creating sustainable neighbourhoods in cities: greener neighbourhoods could promote residents pro-environmental recycling behaviour
	Zhou, Kaiwen 1,2; Gong, Yuanchao 3,4; Sun, Yan 3,4; Lee, Tien Ming 1,2,5
通讯作者	Zhou, Kaiwen(zhoukw5@mail2.sysu.edu.cn) ; Lee, Tien Ming(leetm@mail.sysu.edu.cn)
摘要	ContextGrowing evidence shows that people's desire to protect the environment may be linked to their connection with and experiences in nature. However, the effect of possible exposure to local green spaces and their landscape patterns on pro-environmental behaviours lacks extensive observational evidence.ObjectivesThis study investigates the relationship between residents' recycling behaviour and neighbourhood green spaces at both neighbourhood and individual levels, with consideration given to the impact of green space configuration. Considering that recycling, as a simple pro-environmental action, is often regarded as a 'first step' to further pro-environmental behaviours, our study is crucial for synergistically optimising neighbourhood landscape sustainability planning and waste management to enhance ecosystem services of neighbourhood green spaces and to support sustainable community development in compact cities.MethodsNeighbourhood-level observed recycling behaviour was quantified using data from 457 'smart' recycling stations, while self-reported recycling behaviour at the individual level was assessed through a nationally representative survey with 300 respondents in a mega-city in China. Linear mixed-effects model and structural equation model were used to analyse the relationships between the behaviour and multiple landscape indices of neighbourhood green spaces.ResultsAt the neighbourhood level, the observed recycling behaviour positively relates to the ratio (but not the area) of green spaces within 1000 m around residences and the density of the recycling stations. However, other landscape characteristics of green spaces did not show significant effects on recycling behaviour. At the individual level, the green area ratio influences recycling behaviour via residents' green space perception, visit frequency to the green spaces and subjective norm, with the aggregation level of green spaces (but not shape index) serving as a moderating factor.ConclusionsOur study suggests a close link between neighbourhood greenspaces and residents' sustainable behaviours. Moreover, different patterns of green space could be adopted in communities with varying green space ratios to better reconnect residents with the natural world, hence improving landscape sustainability in compact cities.
关键词	Pro-environmental behaviour Smart recycling system Spatial configuration Social norm Structural equation modelling Neighbourhood greenspace
	2025-01-04
语种	英语
DOI	10.1007/s10980-024-02009-5
发表期刊	LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
ISSN	0921-2973
卷号	40 期号:1 页码:20
收录类别	SCI
资助项目	National High-level Overseas Talent Program in China
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS关键词	PLACE ATTACHMENT ; URBAN ; SPACE ; EXTINCTION ; ACCESSIBILITY ; METAANALYSIS ; CONSUMPTION ; INDICATORS ; EXPERIENCE ; FREQUENCY
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Ecology ; Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001389424000001
资助机构	National High-level Overseas Talent Program in China
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	https://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/48618
通讯作者	Zhou, Kaiwen; Lee, Tien Ming
作者单位	1.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Life Sci, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R China 2.Sun Yat Sen Univ, State Key Lab Biol Control, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Behav Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 5.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Ecol, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhou, Kaiwen,Gong, Yuanchao,Sun, Yan,et al. Creating sustainable neighbourhoods in cities: greener neighbourhoods could promote residents pro-environmental recycling behaviour[J]. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY,2025,40(1):20.
APA	Zhou, Kaiwen,Gong, Yuanchao,Sun, Yan,&Lee, Tien Ming.(2025).Creating sustainable neighbourhoods in cities: greener neighbourhoods could promote residents pro-environmental recycling behaviour.LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY,40(1),20.
MLA	Zhou, Kaiwen,et al."Creating sustainable neighbourhoods in cities: greener neighbourhoods could promote residents pro-environmental recycling behaviour".LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY 40.1(2025):20.