Affiliation:
1. Huaiyin Normal University
2. Nanjing University
Abstract
Abstract
This study uses the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP) to measure the level of environmental concern among beach recreationists, innovatively constructs a model based on the measurement results to depict a group portrait, and analyzes the driving mechanism of beach recreation pro-environmental behavior. The level of environmental concern of beach tourists is 66.2%, slightly higher than the average level of Chinese urban residents, and is significantly correlated with age, occupation, education level, and income level. The newly constructed environmental behavior group portrait index indicates that the group that actively participates in recreational environmental behavior at Haichow Bay Beach includes college students, primary and secondary school students, retirees and surrounding residents. Key factors in the generation of environmentally friendly behavior for beach enthusiasts include individual self-control constraints, regional ecological environment management, the improvement of environmental literacy, overcoming individualism, external environmental impacts, and environmental education.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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