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The determinants of different types of private-sphere pro-environmental behaviour: an integrating framework.
- Source :
- Environment, Development & Sustainability; Jun2022, Vol. 24 Issue 6, p8566-8592, 27p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- With the development of industrial civilisation, urban environmental problems are increasingly severe. However, Chinese urban residents' actual adoption level of pro-environment behaviours (PEBs) is still relatively low. In order to improve the residents' PEBs adoption, this paper combined the Theory of Planned Behaviour, the Norm Activation Model and the Attitude-Behaviour-Context theory into a holistic framework to explore the determinants of private-sphere PEBs. In this model, we assess the determinants of private-sphere PEBs from perspectives of intrapersonal and contextual factors and treat private-sphere PEBs as three different types of behaviours, namely environmental purchasing behaviours, environmental transport behaviours and conservation behaviours, rather than aggregated and undifferentiated construct or a single item behaviour. The model was tested empirically by primary data collected from 1,054 citizens in Beijing and Shanghai in China. The results indicate that intrapersonal factors, such as pro-environmental intentions and personal norms, are significant positive factors of private-sphere PEBs adoption; contextual constraints have negative direct effects on the three types of private-sphere PEBs adoption; contextual constraints act as a moderator between pro-environmental intentions and private-sphere PEBs, while the moderating effects are sensitive to the types of private-sphere PEBs. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of residents' adoption of private-sphere PEBs and making more targeted policies accordingly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PLANNED behavior theory
CITY dwellers
URBAN policy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1387585X
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Environment, Development & Sustainability
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156889959
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01800-7