An exploration of residents’ low-carbon awareness and behavior in Tianjin, China

Yin, Bo; Liu, Yong

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.014

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“…The sample members reported some private behaviors, such as using chopsticks more than once and using public transit or walking for travel, but discussing pro-environmental topics with others or participating in pro-environmental activities was less likely to be reported. Bai and Liu (2013) pointed out that the reason for this difference is likely China's long-term neglect of lowcarbon development in its context that prioritizes economic development. Low-carbon development has lacked attention and importance, and opportunities for pro-environmental behaviors have been limited.…”

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“…Low-carbon development has lacked attention and importance, and opportunities for pro-environmental behaviors have been limited. Bai and Liu (2013) concluded that it has been difficult for people to commit to public pro-environmental behaviors. Similarly, a lack of propaganda on low-carbon and pro-environmental development relates to the lack of pro-environmental awareness, which is increasingly considered the reason for the lack of pro-environmental behaviors.…”

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“…Fernandez-Manzanal et al (2015) proposed four barriers that present significant difficulties to environmental engagement, two of which were strong internal or external barriers, such as lack of theoretical or practical training and lack of environmental policy, and two of which were weak internal or external barriers, such as lack of leadership and lack of perceived importance. On the other hand, motivators, such as supportive policy or financial rewards, might encourage pro-environmental behaviors (Bai and Liu, 2013). For example, individuals tended to make green choices when offered incentives to do so, such as a financial reward (Maniatis, 2016;Sabbaghia et al, 2016;Wright et al, 2008).…”

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“…The three most common explanatory variables in the TPB are attitudes, norms, and perceived behavioral control (Schifter and Ajzen, 1985). Attitudes toward environmental protection on green campuses could be described as three types of awareness: pro-environmental knowledge, pro-environmental values, and pro-environmental attitudes (Bai and Liu, 2013). Social norms are "perceived social pressures to perform or not perform a behavior" (Ajzen, 1991).…”

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Pro-Environmental Awareness and Behaviors on Campus: Evidence from Tianjin, China

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Xiong

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China has promoted green campuses for decades. To better explore the current extent of pro-environmental awareness and behaviors of types of stakeholders (student, faculty members, and administrators) on campus, this study investigated the relationship between pro-environmental awareness and pro-environmental behaviors along with the influences of motivators, barriers, and culture (face (reputation) and group pressure). A questionnaire survey was conducted with a sample of the three types of stakeholders at Tianjin University, one of the largest academic institutions and the earliest to implement green campus development initiatives in China. Structural equation modeling tested a causal model of awareness, behaviors, and other explanatory variables. The results found that pro-environmental behaviors were more likely than awareness and the respondents engaged in private more than in public proenvironmental behaviors. Chinese social and cultural factors influenced proenvironmental behavior, particularly among the administrators, which informs our understanding of the reasons for the awareness-behavior gap. China's universities focus on eco-technology and energy management rather than on dissemination and publicity. The results suggest that advancing a pro-environmental cultural atmosphere and a consistent sustainability policy might significantly foster pro-environmental behaviors on university campuses.

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“…In order to find out the impacts of socio-economic factors on household CO 2 emissions, many variables, such as population, affluence, energy intensity, the urbanization level, employment rate, and the share of the tertiary industry, are considered. A large amount of research has shown that household energy requirements, carbon emissions and carbon footprint are closely related to income [42], level of education [43], age [36], gender [38], occupation [14], household size [44], urbanization [45], car ownership [43], urban density [46,47], consumption patterns [48,49], and imports [50]. Different methods, such as index decomposition analysis (IDA) [51], logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) [52], and Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology (STIRPAT)model [53,54] were adopted.…”

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Comparing Urban and Rural Household CO2 Emissions—Case from China’s Four Megacities: Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing

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CO 2 emissions caused by household consumption have become one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Studying household CO 2 emissions (HCEs) is of great significance to energy conservation and emissions reduction. In this study, we quantitatively analyzed the direct and indirect CO 2 emissions by urban and rural households in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing. The results show that urban total HCEs are larger than rural total HCEs for the four megacities. Urban total per capita household CO 2 emissions (PHCEs) are larger than rural total PHCEs in Beijing, Tianjin, and Chongqing, while rural total PHCEs in Shanghai are larger than urban total PHCEs. Electricity and hot water production and supply was the largest contributor of indirect HCEs for both rural and urban households. Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing outsourced a large amount of indirect CO 2 emissions to their neighboring provinces.

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Analysis of factors influencing carbon emissions of urban households: A case study of old urban community in northern China

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CO2 emissions reduction of urban residents is one of the main ways to mitigate climate change. Clarifying the key factors of carbon emissions can provide a reference basis for the government to formulate carbon reduction policies. The old urban community that widely exist in most cities in northern China is taken as the research object. Based on the fuzzy interpretive structural model and structural equation model, a new method is proposed to explore the influencing factors of household carbon emissions (HCEs). It is found that behavior change attitude and low‐carbon personal cognition are the two most important factors affecting HCE. Elderly families, high‐income families, and low‐education families are the groups with higher per capita HCE. Different suggestions were proposed to promote HCE reduction for the high‐income young tenants and low‐income elderly local residents in the community. In addition, by introducing multi‐agent judgment, the coupling model proposed in this study reduces the subjectivity caused by excessive reliance on single agent judgment in previous studies. It enhances the credibility of research conclusions and provides a good methodological reference for research in similar fields.

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An exploration of residents’ low-carbon awareness and behavior in Tianjin, China

Cited by 105 publications

References 63 publications

Pro-Environmental Awareness and Behaviors on Campus: Evidence from Tianjin, China

Pro-Environmental Awareness and Behaviors on Campus: Evidence from Tianjin, China

Comparing Urban and Rural Household CO2 Emissions—Case from China’s Four Megacities: Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing

Analysis of factors influencing carbon emissions of urban households: A case study of old urban community in northern China

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