ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Research on the Current Situation, Influencing
Factors and Governance Countermeasures
of Public Participation in Citizen Post Station
Co-Production under the Background
of “Internet + IoT”: an Example of Urban
Post Station of Environmental Governance
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School of Economics and Management, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, 300300, China
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School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, 300300, China
Submission date: 2023-06-28
Final revision date: 2023-08-25
Acceptance date: 2023-08-29
Online publication date: 2023-11-13
Publication date: 2023-12-19
Corresponding author
Ruoyu Yang
Civil Aviation University of China, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(1):303-311
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ABSTRACT
From the perspective of embedded governance and public participation, public service coproduction
has become a common phenomenon, among which the co-production behavior in the field
of environmental governance is particularly prominent. In the governance process of “Zero-waste
City” and “smart city”, the “environmental protection post station” has served as a forward position,
opening up the “last kilometer” of grass-roots governance, which is conducive to promoting public
participation and co-production in social governance. On this basis, the current situation, influencing
factors and governance countermeasures of public participation in the co-production of citizen post
stations are discussed with citizen post stations of environmental governance as an example. The results
show that: (1) In the field of environmental governance, there is a common phenomenon of “strong
willings and weak behaviors” in the co-production of citizens, who do not understand the function of
citizen post stations and seldom use the digital governance platform of the government. (2) In the field
of environmental governance, citizens’ co-production behavior is affected by individual characteristics,
co-production capacity and perceived factors. (3) Among the individual characteristics, the age and
political outlook of the public will affect their co-production behavior. (4) Under the background of
government digital governance, citizens’ co-production behavior will also be significantly affected by
their environmental cognitive ability and new media use ability. (5) The citizens' co-production behavior in citizen post stations of environmental governance will be affected by self-efficacy, significant
perception of public service and satisfaction perception and other factors. Therefore, it is necessary to
formulate differential incentive strategies according to individual characteristics in the future citizen
post station construction, so that more subjects can participate effectively. Perhaps, we should also
enhance public awareness and participation with the help of new media, pay attention to the cultivation
of citizens' co-production capacity and the improvement of public perception factors, promote
the co-production of citizen post stations in a more diversified way.