Environmentally significant behaviour in the Czech Republic : energy, food and transportation / Milan Ščasný, Jan Urban, Iva Zvěřinová.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ščasný, Milan, author.

Urban, Jan, 1953- author.

Zvěřinová, Iva, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health--Czech Republic.

Environmental health.

Czech Republic--Environmental conditions--Periodicals.

Czech Republic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Prague : Karolinum, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book strives to present the results of research into the consumption of goods and services in Czech households. The first two chapters focus on the effect of consumption on the environment and theoretical approaches towards consumption and behaviour analysis. The remaining five chapters look into consumer behaviour and its significant effect on the environment, such as a demand for energy and transport, energy-saving measures in households, car ownership and organic food consumption. This book aims to point out the environmental effects related to these types of behaviour and provide new information on the frequency of these types of consumer behaviour in various segments of the Czech society. This publication also accentuates the policies and other intervention tools that may be used to influence consumer behaviour.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Environmentally Significant Behaviour

Chapter 2: Factors of Consumption Behaviour and Their Policy Relevance

Chapter 3: Residential Energy and Transport Demand

Chapter 4: Curtailments as Means of Energy Saving

Chapter 5: Residential Energy-efficiency Investments

Chapter 6: Passenger Car Ownership

Chapter 7: Organic Food Buying Behaviour

Summary

Resumé

References

Appendices

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 5, 2014).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9788024627489

8024627485

OCLC:

908097280