Environmental values and attitudes among farmers in China - a case study in the watershed of Yuqiao reservoir of Tianjin Municipality, China.
Failure to curb water pollution in China brings to the fore the issue of environmental values and attitudes among Chinese farmers. Applying the New Ecological Paradigm Scale this study finds that the pro-environmental value ofNew Ecological Paradigm (NEP) Worldviewhas a stronger standing among the studied Chinese farmers than theDominant Social Paradigm (DSP) Worldview.
NIBR-Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences , PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130 Oslo , Norway.
Geir Inge
GI
Orderud
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo (UiO) , P.O. Box 1033 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo , Norway.
Rolf D
RD
Vogt
Attitudes; China; Eutrophication; Farmers; Policies; Values