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Determinants of Environmental Behavior in Societies in Transition: Evidence from Five European Countries
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In this paper, the authors compared environmental behavior, and the factors affecting it, of citizens from five European countries with diverse economic and social status, and found that people's attitudes towards environmental issues and economy-environment trade-offs can be considered reliable predictors, contrary to political attitudes which did not prove to be important determinants of environmental behavior.Abstract:
Countries of Central and East Europe are in a process of economic, social and political transition. This process provides a unique opportunity for cross-national studies in a context of social transformation and radical infrastructural changes. In the present study, we compared environmental behavior, and the factors affecting it, of citizens from five European countries with diverse economic and social status. Outcomes of the present survey suggest that people's attitudes towards environmental issues and economy-environment trade-offs can be considered reliable predictors, contrary to political attitudes which did not prove to be important determinants of environmental behavior. However, one should be aware of the differences in individual factors affecting citizens' environmental behavior, since the latter cannot be considered as a linear function of a country's development and modernization.read more
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Climate Change Vulnerability and Policy Support
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Determinants of visitors' willingness to pay for the National Marine Park of Zakynthos, Greece
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Pro-Environmental Behavior: Does It Matter How It’s Measured? Development and Validation of the Pro-Environmental Behavior Scale (PEBS)
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Water Conservation: Theory and Evidence in Urban Areas of the Developed World
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