Influencing Factors of Public Participation in Meteorological Disaster Prevention and Mitigation

Rongrong Duan, Jun Liu, Changkai Wang and Guo Wei
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Rongrong Duan: China Institute of Manufacturing Development & School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Jun Liu: China Institute of Manufacturing Development & School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Changkai Wang: China Institute of Manufacturing Development & School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Guo Wei: Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC 28372, USA

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 8, 1-16

Abstract: Meteorological disasters have become a global challenge due to the increased prevalence and severity, and China is among the most affected countries. In this paper, based on a randomized survey in China, the authors employed a structural equation model to study the influencing factors of public participation in meteorological disaster prevention and mitigation (MDPM). It is found that the behavior of the government has a significant positive influence, with an influencing coefficient of 0.494 on the public’s willingness to participate in MDPM. The degree of community involvement also has a significant positive influence on the public’s willingness, with an influencing coefficient of 0.636. The public’s attention to meteorological events and ability to participate have less impact on their participation in MDPM, with coefficients of 0.057 and 0.075, respectively. The information acquisition has a significant negative impact, with an influencing coefficient of −0.084. There is a strong positive covariation between community participation and governmental behavior, with a covariance coefficient of 0.27, indicating that the two factors promote each other and together boost the public’s willingness to participate in MDPM.

Keywords: meteorological disaster prevention and mitigation; public participation; influencing factors; structural equation model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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