Critical Success Factors of the Urban Environmental Quality

Sung-Lin Hsueh, Youn-Jien Lin

Ekoloji, 2018, Issue 106, Pages: 217-222, Article No: e106004

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Abstract

Application of technologies can improve our urban environmental quality and enhance the quality of our lives. However, the use of technologies and the development of economy can also pollute and damage our urban environmental quality. Living in poor environments mean more expenses of unrenewable resources and more environmental burdens for future generations. It can also cause profound negative influences on individuals, businesses, and the country as a whole. Therefore, when pursuing wealth growth and economic development, both governments and businesses must invest more in improving the urban environmental qualitys in the neighborhoods and in the country as well. In this study, a questionnaire survey was conducted on residents in Fujian Province. Totally 1,000 questionnaires were distributed and 873 valid samples were returned with a return rate of 87.3%. According to the findings of this study, it is found that (1) the most important dimension of urban environmental quality is the “external environment” dimension (with a weight value of 0.378), followed by the “management” dimension (with a weight value of 0.354) and the “internal environment” (with a weight value of 0.268); and (2) among the 13 CSFs of urban environmental quality, the top five with the highest weight values are: health, sustainability, security, awareness, and convenience. Hopefully, this study can provide helpful references for the development planning and improvement of urban environmental quality in the city.

Keywords

city environment, urban environmental quality, critical success factor (CSF)

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