Green Gardening Practices Among Urban Botanists: Using the Value-Belief-Norm Model

Recently, the increase in urbanization has momentously intensified climate issues urban centres. A large number of population is vulnerable to change living areas all over world. The decline agricultural activities leads food insecurity areas. Urban gardening promoted as a viable option achieve security and help reduce impact can carbon footprint, curtail production’s time distribution costs, offer safety. agriculture be categorized sustainable it economic, social, impacts. value-belief-norm framework utilized evaluate green intentions practices. online survey collected cross-sectional data from 1,721 respondents Malaysia. Based on analysis performed with structural equation modelling partial least square regression (SEM-PLS), was found that biospheric, egoistic, altruistic values significantly influenced new environmental paradigm. paradigm, awareness consequences, ascription responsibility have significant positive effects personal norms engage gardening. trust promote intention, subsequently leading community-level effort required mitigate issue caused by address availability problems. Civic administration residents should work together protect spaces centres, which promotes public well-being.