The Co-production Perspective

With the accelerated process of urbanization,the amount of urban household garbage has risen sharply.It is difficult to deal with the increasing amount of garbage disposal by the way of direct landfill and incineration.A large number of cities have encountered the plight of garbage siege in China;It is of great urgency to deal with the waste reduction,resource utilization and harmless treatment.The effectiveness of the garbage classification supply depends largely on the front-end residents;therefore,the focus of this paper is on how to effectively enhance the citizen participation in the supply of garbage classification.Based on the existing research results,this paper proposes the factors that affect the citizen participation in the supply of garbage classification,which can be divided into four dimensions:the nature of service,transaction cost,government support and individual motivation.On the basis of the above,this paper puts forward the research hypothesis from the above four dimensions,and attempts to answer the above hypothesis with Xiamen garbage classification practices.This paper analyzes the specific actions and the effect of citizen participation of four garbage demonstration sites,including Gulangyu,Huli Xinyue Garden,Haicang Tianhu City and Jimei Spring Bay.And then from the four perspectives of the nature of service,transaction cost,government support and incentive mechanism,this paper makes a comprehensive analysis of government actions and citizen participation in the four demonstration sites.In conclusion,if the service is more important to citizens,citizens’ participation willingness will be higher;the higher the participation cost in the co-production,the lower citizens’ participation willingness;the more powerful government support can promote citizen participation in the co-production of public services;negative incentives can promote citizen participation in service deliver,but material incentives and social incentives are not effective.Material incentives and immature government investment in technology may bring some unexpected reactions.The paper finally puts forward some suggestions which can promote citizen participation in the co-production of public services,including paying more attention to policy marketing in the garbage classification,providing the convenience of citizen participation in the garbage classification,improving the garbage classification operation system,strengthening the investment of resources targeted,and upgrading the incentive mechanism.