Exploring Inner-City Residents’ and Foreigners’ Commitment to Improving Air Pollution: Evidence from a Field Survey in Hanoi, Vietnam

Quan Hoang Vuong, Tri Vu Phu, Tuyet-Anh T. Le and Quy Khuc ()
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Tri Vu Phu: Faculty of Economics and Business, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
Tuyet-Anh T. Le: School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus, Corner Brook, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A2H 5G4, Canada

Data, 2021, vol. 6, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: Solutions for mitigating and reducing environmental pollution are important priorities for many developed and developing countries. This study was conducted to better understand the degree to which inner-city citizens and foreigners perceive air pollution and respond to it, particularly how much they willingly contribute to improving air quality in Vietnam, a lower-middle-income nation in Southeast Asia. During mid-December 2019, a stratified random sampling technique and a contingent valuation method (CVM) were employed to survey 199 inhabitants and 75 foreigners who reside and travel within the inner-city of Hanoi. The data comprises four major groups of information on: (1) perception of air pollution and its impacts, (2) preventive measures used to mitigate polluted air, (3) commitments on willingness-to-pay (WTP) for reducing air pollution alongside reasons for the yes-or-no-WTP decision, and (4) demographic information of interviewees. The findings and data of this study could offer many policy implications for better environmental management in the study area and beyond.

Keywords: air pollution; willingness-to-pay; contingent valuation method; inner-city citizens; foreigners; Hanoi; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C8 C80 C81 C82 C83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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