Determinants of Environmental Behavior in Societies in Transition: Evidence from Five European Countries

Korfiatis, Konstantinos; Hovardas, Tasos; Pantis, John D.

doi:10.1023/b:poen.0000039065.31109.1e

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“…Arguably, this difference, also in respect to Anable findings (2005), is due to the diverse cultural backgrounds and habits of UK versus Italy, where the sensitiveness for the environment is still not broadly shared. A general evidence comes out from literature (European Commission, 2005;Korfiatis et al, 2004;Wright and Klÿn, 1998) in terms of social differences between the Northern and Southern European countries, namely in terms of their compliance with the rules or the concern for the environment. Steg and Gifford (2005) highlight important differences between North America and the Netherlands as regards car dependency (i.e., the level of car use, car oriented land use and quality of travel alternatives), much higher overseas.…”

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Travellers’ profiles definition using statistical multivariate analysis of attitudinal variables

Pronello

Camusso

2011

Journal of Transport Geography

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Travellers’ profiles definition using statistical multivariate analysis of attitudinal variables

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Camusso

2011

Journal of Transport Geography

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“…The link between general environmental beliefs and conservation behaviour has been detailed by DECC (2007), Korfiatis et al (2004) and Corral-Verdugo et al (2003). Surveys undertaken by Korfiatis et al (2004) determined that attitudes towards environmental issues were in fact reliable predictors of environmental behaviour.…”

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“…Surveys undertaken by Korfiatis et al (2004) determined that attitudes towards environmental issues were in fact reliable predictors of environmental behaviour. Corral-Verdugo et al (2003), drawing on the instrument commonly used to measure general environmental beliefs, namely, the New Environment Paradigm-Human Exception Paradigm (NEP-HEP), exclusively investigated the relationship between general environmental beliefs and water conservation behaviour.…”

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Quantifying the influence of environmental and water conservation attitudes on household end use water consumption

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Stewart

Panuwatwanich

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Journal of Environmental Management

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Within the research field of urban water demand management, understanding the link between environmental and water conservation attitudes and observed end use water consumption has been limited. Through a mixed method research design incorporating field-based smart metering technology and questionnaire surveys, this paper reveals the relationship between environmental and water conservation attitudes and a domestic water end use break down for 132 detached households located in Gold Coast city, Australia. Using confirmatory factor analysis, attitudinal factors were developed and refined; households were then categorised based on these factors through cluster analysis technique. Results indicated that residents with very positive environmental and water conservation attitudes consumed significantly less water in total and across the behaviourally influenced end uses of shower, clothes washer, irrigation and tap, than those with moderately positive attitudinal concern. The paper concluded with implications for urban water demand management planning, policy and practice.

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“…Fewer studies, however, focused on actual environmental behaviors (Korfiatis et al 2004), and of these studies examining behavior, even fewer differentiate between types of behaviors. None have focused specifically on environmental philanthropy.…”

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Environmental Philanthropy and Environmental Behavior in Five Countries: Is There Convergence Among Youth?

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This paper compares and contrasts environmental philanthropy, environmental behavior, and their determinants among university students in five countries: Canada, Germany, Israel, South Korea, and the United States. The paper's unique contribution to the nonprofit literature is its focus on environmental philanthropy as an unexplored form of philanthropic behavior, and the ability to test environmental philanthropy in an international setting and in comparison to other modes of environmental behavior. By environmental philanthropy, we mean giving to, and volunteering in, various environmental non-governmental organizations, and by environmental behavior, we refer to daily behaviors in the private sphere with ecological implications. We hypothesize that although the five countries vary on several characteristics, the student populations-who are young, educated, and exposed to global ideas and norms-will be relatively similar to each other in their environmental and philanthropic behavior and in the determinants of such behavior.To test this hypothesis, a standardized questionnaire was administered to 8,477 students on five campuses. Results show significant differences between students in their environmental philanthropic behavior, as well as in the demographic and attitudinal determinants of such behaviors.Résumé Cet article compare et met en contraste la philanthropie environnementale, le comportement environnemental et leurs déterminants chez les étudiants universitaires de cinq pays : Canada, Allemagne, Israël, Corée du Sud et É tats-Unis. L'apport singulier de cet article à la documentation sur le secteur à but non lucratif est d'avoir pour sujet central la philanthropie environnementale comme une forme inexplorée du comportement philanthropique, et la possibilité de tester la philanthropie environnementale dans un cadre international et par rapport aux autres modes de comportements environnementaux. Par philanthropie environnementale, nous entendons les dons faits aux diverses organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) environnementales et le bénévolat dans ces organisations, et par comportement environnemental, nous nous référons à des comportements quotidiens dans la vie privée ayant des conséquences écologiques. Nous émettons l'hypothèse que bien que les cinq pays divergent sur plusieurs caractéristiques, les populations d'élèves -qui sont jeunes, instruits et exposés à des idées et à des normes mondiales -seront relativement semblables les uns aux autres quant à leurs comportements environnementaux et philanthropiques et aux facteurs de ces comportements. Pour tester cette hypothèse, un questionnaire standardisé a été distribué à 8,477 étudiants sur cinq campus. Les résultats montrent des différences significatives entre les élèves en ce qui concerne leurs comportements philanthropiques environnementaux ainsi que les facteurs démographiques et comportementaux de ces comportements.Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag vergleicht in einer Gegenüberstellung die ökologische Philanthropie, das Umweltverhalten und deren...

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Determinants of Environmental Behavior in Societies in Transition: Evidence from Five European Countries

Cited by 46 publications

References 37 publications

Travellers’ profiles definition using statistical multivariate analysis of attitudinal variables

Travellers’ profiles definition using statistical multivariate analysis of attitudinal variables

Quantifying the influence of environmental and water conservation attitudes on household end use water consumption

Environmental Philanthropy and Environmental Behavior in Five Countries: Is There Convergence Among Youth?

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