Abstract
During China’s rapid economic development and urbanization, numerous cases of urban malodorous black river (MBR) have occurred. MBR refers to a polluted urban river that smells bad, is almost black in color, has no aquatic plants or animals, and that consequently causes many social and environmental problems. The Chinese government has sought public participation during the whole process of MBR treatment as part of a comprehensive action plan to improve residents’ satisfaction with their environment. To investigate the influencing factors of public participation and satisfaction, a questionnaire survey was conducted among residential communities close to an MBR. SPSS 22.0 was employed to conduct an analysis of the collected data, using factor analysis, correlation analysis, and linear regression analysis. The results indicate that there is a direct relationship between public satisfaction and the factors of government treatment, public perception and public participation behaviors, such as engagement behavior, supervision behavior, health influence, and compensation measures.
Highlights
With China’s rapid social and economic development, large numbers of people migrate from rural to urban areas every year seeking a better life
This study investigated the relationship between publication satisfaction, public environmental participation behaviors, public awareness, and the government’s treatment of malodorous black river (MBR)
Results from correlation and regression analysis reveal that: (1) public satisfaction is positively predicted by supervision behavior, health influence, and compensation measures; (2) public environmental engagement behavior is positively triggered by compliance behavior and vice versa; (3) public environmental engagement behavior is positively triggered by regulating behavior and interest influence; (4) public supervision behavior is positively associated with improvement measures; and (5) public compliance behavior is positively predicted by supervision behavior
Summary
With China’s rapid social and economic development, large numbers of people migrate from rural to urban areas every year seeking a better life. The cause of MBR is insufficient dissolved oxygen in the water, which overwhelms many of the aquatic plants and animals, and anaerobic bacteria breaks down organic material in the water into smelly black compounds [6] This is compounded by the fact that the quantity and quality of urban water disposal facilities have not kept pace with the urban population increase resulting in large amounts of wastewater being disposed of in urban rivers every year. According to an investigation conducted by China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) in 2016, there were 2026 urban MBRs in 220 of China’s cities [7]; Figure 1 shows examples of urban MBRs in China These MBRs have many negative influences, including (1) seriously affecting the everyday life of residents; (2) causing health problems
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