Nudging Strategies for Arable Land Protection Behavior in China

Bibliographic Data

ID15470313
AuthorsYanwei Zhang (0000-0002-7063-2308, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Xinhai Lu (0000-0002-3368-8636, Central China Normal University, corresponding author), Yucheng Zou (0000-0002-5748-7126, Zhejiang University), Tiangui Lv (0009-0005-1504-7332, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue19
Pages12609-12609
Publication date2022-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph191912609
PMID36231906
OpenAlexW4303696460
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited43

Arable land protection is critical to the sustainable development of agriculture in China and acceleration of the realization of the trinity protection goal of the quantity, quality, and ecology of arable land. As a new program of behavioral science to promote social development, nudge has gradually gained the favor of researchers and policy makers due to its unique advantages of small cost and substantial effect. However, current research and practical exploration of arable land protection behavior intervention based on the idea of nudging are still lacking. Implicit nudging strategies directly target the heuristic and analytic systems of arable land protection behavior of each stakeholder and possess more advantages than traditional intervention strategies. Therefore, this article designs six arable land protection behavior nudging strategies from the perspectives of cognition and motivation to realize the theoretical discussion of "generating medium-scale returns with nano-level investment". The nudging strategies of the cognitive perspective include default options, framing effects, and descriptive norms, while those of the motivation perspective aim to stimulate home and country, and heritage and benefit motives to promote arable land protection behavior of various stakeholders. The utility of nudge to arable land protection behavior may be controversial in practice. Therefore, the implementation in China should be based on the division of farmers, the number of options should be appropriate, and the external environment of arable land protection behavior should be fully considered

Agriculture · Arable land · Business · China · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Environmental Science · Land Rights and Reforms · Medicine

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