Analysis of the ecological conservation behavior of farmers in payment for ecosystem service programs in eco-environmentally fragile areas using social psychology models

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 550, Issue , 2016, Pages 382-390

  Deng, Jian ^a,b   Sun, Pingsheng ^a,b   Zhao, Fazhu ^c   Han, Xinhui ^a,b   Yang, Gaihe ^a,b   Feng, Yongzhong ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Research Center of Recycle Agricultural Engineering and Technology of Shaanxi Province   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological conservation; Environmental restoration; Farmers' behavior; Structural equation model; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; RESTORATION; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FARMERS' BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

AGRICULTURE;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHINA; ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATION BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEE; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FARMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84956690121     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.152     Document Type: Article

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