水生态文明建设的公众参与意愿——5个国家级试点城市的1379份问卷调查

Willingness of public participation in water ecological civilization construction:Based on questionnaire surveys from five pilot cities

在中国快速推进水生态文明建设的进程中,公众参与逐渐成为提升水生态文明建设效率的关键性因素。以湖北省5个国家级水生态文明城市的1379份调研问卷为研究样本,基于公众个体行为视角,通过构建结构方程模型,从环境、制度、认知3个层面划分了居民水生态文明建设参与意愿的影响因素,并研究其具体影响程度和存在的差异。研究结果表明:水生态环境状况、政府水生态文明建设工作、水生态文明认知对居民参与水生态文明建设意愿的影响系数分别为0.26、0.34、0.90;就目前公众参与意愿而言,水生态环境状况和政府对水生态文明建设的制度建设远不及公众对水生态文明建设的认知重要;在推进水生态环境治理和加强水生态文明制度建设的同时,当前公众参与的政策焦点应转变到提升公众的生态文明建设认知水平。

In the process of China’s rapid promotion of water ecological civilization construction,public participation has gradually become the key factor to improve its efficiency.This study examined the effect of environmental,institutional,and cognitive factors on residents’willingness in participating in ecological civilization construction,using 1379 survey questionnaires from five national-level water ecological civilization construction pilot cities and a structural equation model under the conceptual framework of individual behavior.The empirical results show that the influence coefficients of water ecological environment,government’s water ecological civilization construction effort,and cognition of water ecological civilization on residents’willingness to participate in water ecological civilization construction are 0.26,0.34,and 0.90 respectively.Residents’cognition of ecological civilization is the most important positive influencing factor,and the positive impact of environmental and institutional factors on willingness remains to be improved.On the basis of these findings,we suggest that the current construction of ecological civilization in China should focus on strengthening the cultivation of residents’ecological civilization cognition while dealing with environmental problems.