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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of research on changing behaviour to become less environmentally harmful. Exploring how well-designed, contextually appropriate behaviour change interventions can work, it charts a path for future research that challenges traditional assumptions to maximise pro-environmental impact.
Drawing together work from diverse perspectives and disciplines, this Handbook makes six key recommendations for anyone working towards a more sustainable society. Giving a critical perspective on existing ways of thinking about research and policy, leading global scholars examine behavioural change in the public and private sphere. Through empirical analysis and theoretical reflection, they review key success stories and identify where new ideas and approaches are needed. Chapters discuss cutting-edge issues including citizen science, effectiveness of behavioural interventions, norm nudges, public participation in climate policy, and children’s pro-environmentalism.
The Handbook on Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students of sustainability, social psychology, cultural and human geography, environmental governance, and natural resource management. It will also prove an essential guide for practitioners and activists seeking evidence-based strategies to induce change.
Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION Introduction to the Handbook on Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change 2 Birgitta Gatersleben and Niamh Murtagh PART II STATE OF THE ART 1 Why do some behaviour change interventions not work as well as expected? 16 Wojke Abrahamse 2 Intrinsic motivation to act pro-environmentally 28 Linda Steg 3 Evaluating the effectiveness of pro-environmental behaviour change interventions: a review of reviews 38 Birgitta Gatersleben, George Murrell and Judith Geusen 4 One thing leads to another? Pro-environmental behavioural spillover 63 Nicholas Nash and Lorraine Whitmarsh 5 Experiences in nature and children’s pro-environmentalism 78 Silvia Collado and Gary W. Evans 6 Norm nudges in neighbourhoods: when do they work and why? 96 Tabea Hoffmann, Ward Rauws, Gregg Sparkman and Jan Willem Bolderdijk PART III EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 7 Measuring pro-environmental behaviour: a critical reflection 114 Birgitta Gatersleben 8 The car or the bike today? Using segmentation to understand and change commuter decision making 125 Stewart Barr 9 Cut from the same cloth? Understanding behavioural consistency in energy and clothes shopping 142 Christopher R. Jones, Natalie McCreesh, Caroline Oates and Helen Storey 10 Designing behavioural interventions for better e-waste management and the circular economy 163 Keshav Parajuly, Ruediger Kuehr and Colin Fitzpatrick 11 Understanding what shapes pro-environmental behaviours in small construction firms 185 Alice M. Owen, Niamh Murtagh and Kate Simpson PART IV THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 12 Is research on pro-environmental behaviour change focused on what matters? 200 Niamh Murtagh 13 Basic psychological needs and autonomous motivation: a humanistic perspective on pro-environmental behaviour change 212 Marlis Wullenkord 14 Environmental identity as a motivator of pro-environmental behaviour 227 Susan Clayton and Sandor Czellar 15 Collective identity as a vehicle for individual and systemic change 240 Gerhard Reese 16 Promoting sustainable behaviours: the problem with materialistic values and potential avenues to progress 252 Amy Isham, Helga Dittmar and Tim Jackson 17 Pro-environmental behaviour is a moral issue 270 Ellen van der Werff PART V ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES 18 Should environmental communication be more disruptive and should psychologists study this more? 281 Christian A. Klöckner 19 Charging for change: the effectiveness of economic instruments to change environmentally-relevant behaviours 289 Wouter Poortinga and Stefan Drews 20 Household air pollution and behaviour change: learning from unexpected findings 308 Brendon R. Barnes 21 Citizen science as a pro-environmental behaviour and a catalyst for further behaviour change 321 Kayleigh J. Wyles and Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes 22 Contested climate policies and public participation: an equal-opportunities- and values-based approach (EVA) 336 Goda Perlaviciute, Lorenzo Squintani and Lu Liu PART VI THE CONTEXTS OF BEHAVIOUR 23 Applying the Behaviour Change Wheel to mitigate the biodiversity crisis 354 Melissa R. Marselle and Sarah E. Golding 24 If you want to change behaviour, start with the environment 373 P. Wesley Schultz and Samantha N. Mertens 25 From consumers to citizens – grassroots initiatives for system transformation 388 Sebastian Bamberg 26 A cognitive approach to sustainable lifestyles 405 John Thøgersen 27 Life-course transitions: thinking sociologically about sustainable consumption 423 Kate Burningham and Susan Venn PART VII CONCLUSIONS 28 Concluding thoughts: what is moving us forward and what is still to be done? 443 Niamh Murtagh and Birgitta Gatersleben Index
