The role of forest culture in green construction and management of forest parks: merging knowledge-attitude-practice and theory of planned behavior.

As a cultural concept reflecting the relationship between humans and forests, forest culture plays an active role in sustainable forest management. Forest parks provide a wide range of ecosystem services essential for the sustainable development of society, and the relationships between forest culture, green construction and management of forest parks have practical significance. This study aimed to understand the interaction and process of forest culture influencing green construction and management in forest parks with the models Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (KAP) and Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) by proposing a theoretical model. Four hypotheses were tested using data collected from 193 forest park employees in Heilongjiang Province, China. Our results show that forest culture had a significant influence on green construction and forest management. In addition, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control directly impacted behavior in green construction and management of the forest park, whereas attitude did not have an impact. Subjective norm had a direct effect on attitude. Results between constructs show that forest culture had an indirect effect on planning and construction, and on ecological and economic management. Consequently, it supported three of four hypotheses within the proposed model in determining the influence of forest culture on green construction and management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]