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Exploring Inner-City Residents’ and Foreigners’ Commitment to Improving Air Pollution: Evidence from a Field Survey in Hanoi, Vietnam

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  • Quan-Hoang Vuong

    (Centre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam)

  • Tri Vu Phu

    (Faculty of Economics and Business, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam)

  • Tuyet-Anh T. Le

    (School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus, Corner Brook, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A2H 5G4, Canada
    Forestry Economics Research Centre, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Duc Thang, Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi 11910, Vietnam)

  • Quy Van Khuc

    (Faculty of Economics and Business, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam)

Abstract

Solutions for mitigating and reducing environmental pollution are important priorities for many developed and developing countries. This study was conducted to better understand the degree to which inner-city citizens and foreigners perceive air pollution and respond to it, particularly how much they willingly contribute to improving air quality in Vietnam, a lower-middle-income nation in Southeast Asia. During mid-December 2019, a stratified random sampling technique and a contingent valuation method (CVM) were employed to survey 199 inhabitants and 75 foreigners who reside and travel within the inner-city of Hanoi. The data comprises four major groups of information on: (1) perception of air pollution and its impacts, (2) preventive measures used to mitigate polluted air, (3) commitments on willingness-to-pay (WTP) for reducing air pollution alongside reasons for the yes-or-no-WTP decision, and (4) demographic information of interviewees. The findings and data of this study could offer many policy implications for better environmental management in the study area and beyond.

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  • Quan-Hoang Vuong & Tri Vu Phu & Tuyet-Anh T. Le & Quy Van Khuc, 2021. "Exploring Inner-City Residents’ and Foreigners’ Commitment to Improving Air Pollution: Evidence from a Field Survey in Hanoi, Vietnam," Data, MDPI, vol. 6(4), pages 1-13, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jdataj:v:6:y:2021:i:4:p:39-:d:533608
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