Essays about: "Pro climate behaviour"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the words Pro climate behaviour.

  1. 21. Bottom up urbanism : Exploring the potential of bottom up initiatives as to encourage pro-environmental behaviour change and action

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Mathilde Riou; Elisa Carvalho Diniz; [2017]
    Keywords : pro-environmental behaviour; climate change; public spaces; bottom up; top down; place attachment; placemaking;

    Abstract : It has been widely acknowledged that environmental damage and changes in the global climate can be attributed to human activities. In their attempt to deal with these issues, current top down approaches to mitigate climate change not only have limited efficacy, but also fail at changing people’s behaviour. READ MORE

  3. 22. Engaging with Interconnected Place for a Hopeful Future: Discussing the potential that place attachment has for encouraging pro-environmental behaviour in an interconnected world

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Elizabeth Kozowyk; [2016]
    Keywords : place attachment; place; identity; interconnectedness; pro-environmental behaviour; human ecology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Using primary research from majority-Western respondents in conjunction with an array of multi-disciplinary secondary literature, this thesis acts as a response to claims of the overwhelming existence of ‘placelessness’ in our modernised and globalised world. Instead, it suggests that place attachment is alive and well in the West. READ MORE

  4. 23. Enabling behaviour change : community-based social marketing strategy in Malmö

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Maxim Vlasov; [2015]
    Keywords : behaviour change; community; practice theory; recycling; social marketing; sustainable lifestyle;

    Abstract : Our planet is faced with enormous challenges as the extreme weather events related to the human-caused climate change continue to gain strength. The scale of the problem has made changing human behaviour the central focus of sustainable development, and both public and private sector are expected to gain relevant expertise and introduce this work in their agenda. READ MORE

  5. 24. ... for they know not what they do : an exploratory review of the barriers to pro-environmental behaviour and policy approaches to address them

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Gesa Langer; [2015]
    Keywords : pro-environmental behaviour; behaviour change; cognition; climate change; environmental policy; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Given the extent and urgency of many sustainability challenges it is crucial that individuals change their behaviour to steer society towards a more sustainable future. Yet, a variety of barriers exist that hinder sufficient individual pro-environmental behaviour. READ MORE

  6. 25. Green Herrings? : looking for agents of ecological modernisation in the Öresund region and exploring their understandings of sustainability transitions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Philip Holtam; [2015]
    Keywords : sustainability science; Öresund region; ecological modernisation; energy transitions; agency; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite longstanding and far-reaching recognition of the need for social change towards environmental sustainability, the delivery of this transition is proving problematic. Dominant strategies for sustainable development in western countries focus on uncoupling economic development from ecological harm. READ MORE