Assessment of biophilic design’s impact on citizens’ residential satisfaction to enhance pro-environmental behavior

ABSTRACT

Acknowledging biophilic design as a nature-based solution to compensate for the expansion of urbanization and human separation from nature that deteriorate citizens’ satisfaction and responsible pro-environmental behaviors toward the environment are among the environmental planning’s principal goals. Therefore, the current study investigates the effects of Biophilic design dimensions on residential satisfaction to promote citizens’ pro-environmental behavior. In order to evaluate the effects between Biophilic design, residential satisfaction, and pro-environmental behavior, SEM method was used. Obtained data from 380 questionnaires were analyzed by SPSS and Smart PLS, and the results demonstrated that the Biophilic design’s ‘street’ dimension has the greatest impact on residential satisfaction (β = 0.799) and citizens’ pro-environmental behavior (β = 0.751). Additionally, residential satisfaction’s ‘quality’ dimension has the highest effect on pro-environmental behavior (β = 0.430). The outcomes provide a solution for policymakers and designers to enhance citizens’ pro-environmental behaviors towards the environment through a sustainable solution.

KEYWORDS:

• Biophilic design
• citizen
• nature-based solution
• pro-environmental behavior
• residential satisfaction

Acknowledgements

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The data that support the findings of this study are available and will be shared by the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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