Impact of Community Trust on Residents Perceptions of Green Governance Performance: Evidence from Chengdu

Abstract

Green is the underlying requirement for China’s high-quality development. The extent to which residents perceive the performance of green governance is related to the formation of a green governance community and the achievement of green value objectives. Based on 295 valid questionnaires and qualitative interview data in Chengdu, this paper employs a mixed-methods research to investigate the role of community trust on the resident perceptions of green governance performance from the perspective of individual differences. The findings demonstrate that community trust promotes social interaction and information flow and significantly positively affects the resident’s perception of green governance performance. Public perceptions of green governance performance can be effectively enhanced by actively cultivating general trust and special trust.