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Hoang, T. H., Nguyen, T. H. H., Bui, T. T. T., & Nguyen, T. H. T. (2025). Assessing public awareness, attitudes, and behaviors toward domestic solid waste management in mountainous areas of Tuyen Quang province, Vietnam. Journal of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, 97, 20-26. https://dev.vojs.vn/index.php/jwree/article/view/7
Assessing public awareness, attitudes, and behaviors toward domestic solid waste management in mountainous areas of Tuyen Quang province, Vietnam
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Domestic solid waste (DSW) management in mountainous areas faces significant challenges due to limited infrastructure and low levels of public awareness. This study aims to assess the awareness, attitudes, and behaviors of residents in three mountainous communes of Tuyen Quang province (Nhu Khe, Luong Vuong, and Cong Da) regarding the implementation of the 2020 Law on Environmental Protection, particularly provisions on DSW segregation and collection. Using a sociological survey of 660 households, the study analyzes the factors influencing residents' waste management behaviors through a theoretical framework, descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and multivariate regression. The results reveal that while local resident attitudes toward DSW management are generally positive, with 80% expressing agreement with the necessity of proper waste management, but knowledge of local resident remains limited, especially regarding the calculation of service fees under new regulations. Key determinants of behavior include perceived behavioral control, legal knowledge, and social influence. Based on these findings, the study proposes policy recommendations aimed at enhancing communication strategies, improving DSW management infrastructure, and strengthening community participation to increase the effectiveness of DSW management in mountainous regions.
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Domestic solid waste management, public awareness, environmental behavior, mountainous areas, Tuyen Quang, law on environmental protection 2020
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Zand, A. D., Heir, A. V., & Tabrizi, A. M. (2020). Investigation of knowledge, attitude, and practice of Tehranian women apropos of reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovery of urban solid waste. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-8141-7
Almasi, A., Mohammadi, M., Azizi, A., Berizi, Z., Shamsi, K., Shahbazi, A., & Mosavi, S. A. (2019). Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of the Kermanshahi women towards reducing, recycling and reusing of municipal solid waste. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 141, 329–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.10.038
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Giao, N. T., & Thien, T. T. (2022). Knowledge, attitude and practice towards municipal solid waste management in rural district, Bac Lieu province, Vietnam. Indonesian Journal of Environmental Management and Sustainability, 6(4), 130–136. https://doi.org/10.26554/ijems.2022.6.4.130-136
Glover, T. (2003). Developing operational definitions and measuring interobserver reliability using house crickets (Acheta domesticus). In B. J. Ploger & K. Yasukawa (Eds.), Exploring animal behavior in laboratory and field (pp. 31–40). Academic Press.
Hair, J. F. (2009). Multivariate data analysis. Prentice Hall.
Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2007). Using multivariate statistics (5th ed.). Pearson Education, Inc.
Hair, J. R., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (1998). Multivariate data analysis (5th ed.). Prentice Hall.
Bagher, A. N., Sdalati, F., & Ghaffari, M. (2018). Factors affecting intention to purchase organic food products among Iranian consumers. Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, 22(3), 1–23.
Sharaf, M. A., Isa, F. M., & Al-Qasa, K. (2015). Factors affecting young Malaysians' intention to purchase green products. Merit Research Journal of Business and Management, 3(3), 29–33.
Raghu, S. J., & Rodrigues, L. L. (2021). Developing and validating an instrument of antecedents of solid waste management behaviour using mixed methods procedure. Cogent Psychology, 8(1), 1886628. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2021.1886628
Peterson, R. A. (1994). A meta-analysis of Cronbach’s coefficient alpha. Journal of Consumer Research, 21(2), 381–391. https://doi.org/10.1086/209405
Meng, X., Tan, X., Wang, Y., Wen, Z., Tao, Y., & Qian, Y. (2019). Investigation on decision-making mechanism of residents’ household solid waste classification and recycling behaviors. Unpublished manuscript, Shanghai. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Ma, Y., Wang, H., & Kong, R. (2020). The effect of policy instruments on rural households’ solid waste separation behavior and the mediation of perceived value using SEM. Unpublished manuscript.
Zhang, D., Huang, G., Yin, X., & Gong, Q. (2015). Residents’ waste separation behaviors at the source: Using SEM with the theory of planned behavior in Guangzhou, China. Unpublished manuscript. (In Chinese)
General Statistics Office of Tuyen Quang. (2022). Tuyen Quang Household Living Standards Survey 2022. Access time: Dec 30th 2023. Retrieved from http://thongketuyenquang.gso.gov.vn/Upload/DieutraTK/NGTK%20tuyen%20Quang%202022%20(Can2_IN%2026.7.23)%20(1).pdf