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Abstract
Faced with ecological environmental issues and a surge in the consumption of products in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, it is necessary to explore the effective driving mechanism of green consumption behavior. This study investigated the impact of publicity and education on green consumption behavior and explored the mediating effects of environmental values and the moderating effects of price sensitivity. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a sample of 500 questionnaires, which were randomly distributed by stratified random sampling to municipal government departments, public institutions, communities, streets, shops, and supermarket entrances in Lhasa, Shan Nan, and Xigaze in Tibet. Further, structural equation modeling was applied to derive data for statistical analyses. Publicity, education, and environmental values had a significant influence on green consumption behavior. Environmental values play a mediating role in the influence of publicity and education on green consumption behavior. Price sensitivity negatively moderates the relationship between publicity and education and environmental values; when considering the price of green consumption, the positive impact on environmental values is weakened by publicity and education. Furthermore, it moderates the mediating effect of environmental values. Publicity and education remain the primary intervention for promoting green consumption. Especially in areas with ethnic minorities, publicity and education in combination with the characteristics of ethnic areas should be used to promote the traditional Tibetan culture of respect for all life and to live in harmony with nature. Moreover, policies, regulations, and tax subsidies related to green consumption should be improved while reducing the negative impact of prices and other economic factors on the propensity to consume. These findings provide empirical evidence for the complex relationship between government intervention measures and urban residents’ green consumption behavior.
Highlights
The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau is ecologically vulnerable to human activities and environmental changes, and it is very difficult to restore the region once destroyed [1]
We focused on how publicity and education change the internal cognition of urban residents of Tibet to promote their green consumption behavior
This study considers that under the influence of Tibetan traditional culture, urban residents in Tibet have more positive environmental values, which can make them accepting of green publicity and education more and can influence their behavior; environmental values can positively predict individuals’
Summary
The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau is ecologically vulnerable to human activities and environmental changes, and it is very difficult to restore the region once destroyed [1]. It has a unique ecology and geography along with diverse ecosystem types. Many important rivers originate in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, such as the Yangtze, Yellow, and Mekong rivers [2,3]. As Asia’s water tower, the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau plays a key role as a barrier to the ecological security of China and East Asia. Ecological changes in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau can have large consequences on the local and surrounding regions. The developments in the social economy; improvements in traffic conditions, such as roads and railways; and the continuous growth of populations coupled with surges in the consumption and
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