A study on the decision-making mechanism and promotion policy of urban residents’ domestic waste-classification behavior: evidence from Sichuan province

Qianyu Dong (), Rui Yan, Runli Xiong, Weikai Xie, Min Pang and Lin Liang
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Qianyu Dong: Southwest Petroleum University
Rui Yan: Southwest Petroleum University
Runli Xiong: Southwest Petroleum University
Weikai Xie: Southwest Petroleum University
Min Pang: Southwest Petroleum University
Lin Liang: Southwest Petroleum University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2025, vol. 27, issue 1, No 18, 607 pages

Abstract: Abstract The classification policy of urban domestic waste affects social welfare and sustainable development. Urban residents’ behaviors are crucial to the policy. This paper proposes a decision model of urban residents’ domestic waste-classification behaviors. Using the NetLogo simulation platform, a “policy-behavior” simulation model was built to explore the impacts of different policy tools on residents’ waste-classification behaviors. The results show that community support, perceived utility, government mobilization and environmental cognition are important factors explaining residents’ waste-classification behaviors. Informative, command-and-control, economic-incentive policy tools can significantly promote residents’ waste classification. Moreover, the incentive effect of informative, command-and-control policy tools, increases as the intensity of policy intervention increases. However, the incentive effect of economic-incentive policy tools increases and then decreases.

Keywords: Sustainable development; Urban residents; Domestic waste classification; Structural-equation model; Influencing factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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