Environmental policy and household behaviour : sustainability and everyday life / edited by Patrik Söderholm.

Our behaviour in our own homes - our recycling habits, consumer choices and transport preferences - all have a huge impact on the environment locally and globally. Governments across the world are trying to formulate and implement policies to encourage and enforce more sustainable household actions....

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Corporate Author: International Institute for Environment and Development
Other Authors: Söderholm, Patrik, 1968-
Other title:Environmental policy and household behavior.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Swedish environmental norm : balancing environmental obligations and the pursuit of individual lifestyles / Carina Lundmark, Simon Matti, Gabriel Michanek
  • Dealing with environmental responsibilities : living everyday life as political participation / Karin Skill, Elin Wihlborg
  • Sticks, carrots and legitimate policies : effectiveness and acceptance in environmental public policy / Simon Matti
  • Barriers and facilitators for pro-environmental behaviour / Annika Nordlund, Louise Eriksson, Jörgen Garvill
  • Walk the talk for sustainable everyday life : experiences from eco-village living in Sweden / Hilde Ibsen
  • Policy-driven socio-technical structures and Swedish households' consumption of housing and transport since the 1950s / Kristina Söderholm
  • Shared or individual responsibility : eco-labelling and consumer choice in Sweden / Mats Bladh, Kristina Ek, Patrik Söderholm
  • Household recycling and the influence of norms and convenience / Christer Berglund, Olle Hage, Patrik Söderholm
  • Driving forces and constraints to sustainable household travel behaviour / Louise Eriksson, Annika Nordlund, Jörgen Garvill
  • Addressing environmental concern at the household level : concluding remarks / Patrik Söderholm.