Citizen Willingness to Pay for the Implementation of Urban Green Infrastructure in the Pilot Sponge Cities in China
Urban green infrastructure has been widely used to in cities to solve stormwater problems caused by extreme weather events and urbanization around the world. However, the lack of a long-term funding mechanism for performing urban green infrastructure’s functions has limited wider implementation. Fac...
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| author | Jingyi Zhang Yunfan Han Xiu-Juan Qiao Thomas B. Randrup |
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| description | Urban green infrastructure has been widely used to in cities to solve stormwater problems caused by extreme weather events and urbanization around the world. However, the lack of a long-term funding mechanism for performing urban green infrastructure’s functions has limited wider implementation. Factors influencing citizen attitudes and willingness to pay for urban green infrastructure vary from city to city. This study estimated the public’s willingness to pay for urban green infrastructure, as well as compared the selected influencing factors of willingness to pay in different Chinese pilot sponge cities. The results show that 60% to 75% of all respondents in the cities were willing to support the implementation of urban green infrastructure in sponge cities, with those most willing to pay around 0–5 RMB/month (0–0.72 USD/month). The respondents’ educational level was a significant influencing factor for their willingness to pay in all six cities, but age, gender and family monthly income correlated differently with respondents’ willingness to pay in different cities. Previous knowledge of the sponge city concept and sponge city construction in the community were not significantly correlated with residents’ willingness to pay. We conclude that local governments in China need to provide more information to the general public about the multiple ecosystem services, e.g., educational and recreational benefits, that urban green infrastructure can provide. In doing so, it will help a shift to urban green infrastructure as the solution to dealing with urban stormwater problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8c08bc1f0294720b504e8f383b82a3f2023-11-17T11:09:05ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072023-02-0114347410.3390/f14030474Citizen Willingness to Pay for the Implementation of Urban Green Infrastructure in the Pilot Sponge Cities in ChinaJingyi Zhang0Yunfan Han1Xiu-Juan Qiao2Thomas B. Randrup3College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, ChinaCollege of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, ChinaCollege of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, ChinaDepartment of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 23053 Alnarp, SwedenUrban green infrastructure has been widely used to in cities to solve stormwater problems caused by extreme weather events and urbanization around the world. However, the lack of a long-term funding mechanism for performing urban green infrastructure’s functions has limited wider implementation. Factors influencing citizen attitudes and willingness to pay for urban green infrastructure vary from city to city. This study estimated the public’s willingness to pay for urban green infrastructure, as well as compared the selected influencing factors of willingness to pay in different Chinese pilot sponge cities. The results show that 60% to 75% of all respondents in the cities were willing to support the implementation of urban green infrastructure in sponge cities, with those most willing to pay around 0–5 RMB/month (0–0.72 USD/month). The respondents’ educational level was a significant influencing factor for their willingness to pay in all six cities, but age, gender and family monthly income correlated differently with respondents’ willingness to pay in different cities. Previous knowledge of the sponge city concept and sponge city construction in the community were not significantly correlated with residents’ willingness to pay. We conclude that local governments in China need to provide more information to the general public about the multiple ecosystem services, e.g., educational and recreational benefits, that urban green infrastructure can provide. In doing so, it will help a shift to urban green infrastructure as the solution to dealing with urban stormwater problems.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/3/474willingness to payurban green infrastructuresponge citiessocio-demographic information |
| spellingShingle | Jingyi Zhang Yunfan Han Xiu-Juan Qiao Thomas B. Randrup Citizen Willingness to Pay for the Implementation of Urban Green Infrastructure in the Pilot Sponge Cities in China Forests willingness to pay urban green infrastructure sponge cities socio-demographic information |
| title | Citizen Willingness to Pay for the Implementation of Urban Green Infrastructure in the Pilot Sponge Cities in China |
| title_full | Citizen Willingness to Pay for the Implementation of Urban Green Infrastructure in the Pilot Sponge Cities in China |
| title_fullStr | Citizen Willingness to Pay for the Implementation of Urban Green Infrastructure in the Pilot Sponge Cities in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Citizen Willingness to Pay for the Implementation of Urban Green Infrastructure in the Pilot Sponge Cities in China |
| title_short | Citizen Willingness to Pay for the Implementation of Urban Green Infrastructure in the Pilot Sponge Cities in China |
| title_sort | citizen willingness to pay for the implementation of urban green infrastructure in the pilot sponge cities in china |
| topic | willingness to pay urban green infrastructure sponge cities socio-demographic information |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/3/474 |
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