Open AccessHow Waste Is Managed in Urban and Rural Areas: Evidence from China
Author(s) -
Zeyi Pan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/566/1/012009
Subject(s) - china , socioeconomic status , waste disposal , cleaner production , waste management , business , population , municipal solid waste , environmental planning , socioeconomics , environmental health , geography , engineering , economics , medicine , archaeology
Waste disposal method has long been one of the severe environmental problems in China. A few previous researches suggest that the waste disposal method may related to the awareness, education and the willingness of participation of people. However, an overview of the waste disposal of China from the community level is lacked. As a result, China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) is used in this research to show the correlation between waste disposal method demographical information. In the research, we find that communities/villages with denser population tend to adopt the cleaner waste disposal method. We also find that fundamental socioeconomic factors such as education and income are closely related to waste management. Communities/villages with higher average education level and higher average income are more likely to adopt a cleaner waste disposal method.