英文摘要 |
Urban and rural physical environments are important factors in local development. Generally, the most effective community development encourages people to participate in projects that improve the environment. For instance, literature indicated that the individual is the most important factor in environmental improvement projects. Thus, people who participate in community affairs often perform better during community improvement projects than those who do not participate in community affairs. Based on an efficient society with government downsizing, inducing community residents to participate in environmental improvement projects would help achieve environmental sustainability, indirectly leading to sustainable local development. Community responsibility, knowledge of environmental projects, and self-control ability may be correlated with community resident participation in environmental improvement projects. This study explores the relationships among sense of community, knowledge of environmental projects, moral environmental obligation, and participating in environmental improvement projects, and integrates theories for testing the proposed community participation behavior model. This study surveyed community residents who have participated in an urban community landscape restoration project supported by Taiwan’s Construction and Planning Agency, and a rural community landscape restoration project funded by the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau. In total, 616 community residents filled out a questionnaire. Respondents were grouped into an urban planning district group and non-urban planning district group. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was then applied to test the conceptual model. Analytical findings indicate that resident “subjective norm,” “attitude,” “perceived behavioral control,” “sense of community,” “self-efficacy,” “knowledge of environmental projects,” and “moral environmental obligation” significantly impact resident “behavioral intention” and “to participate in environmental improvement projects”. These findings also show that conceptual models for community residents differ. |