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Strategies for sustainability: citizens and responsible environmental behaviour
Author(s) -
Barr Stewart
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/1475-4762.00172
Subject(s) - sustainability , situational ethics , action (physics) , business , environmental planning , empirical research , environmental economics , environmental resource management , public relations , political science , psychology , economics , social psychology , environmental science , ecology , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , philosophy , biology
Policymakers are becoming increasingly interested in the means by which individuals can be encouraged to engage in environmental actions around the home. This paper uses evidence from existing empirical research and a large questionnaire survey undertaken by the author to argue that environmental action is open to a range of influences, focusing especially on environmental values, situational characteristics and psychological variables. Accordingly, the paper asserts that strategies for promoting environmentally responsible behaviours (such as energy saving, water conservation and waste recycling) should take account of these factors. The implications for the study of environmental behaviour are considered.