Greening Household Behaviour : Overview from the 2011 Survey - Revised edition / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Contributor:

SourceOECD (Online service)

Series:

OECD studies on environmental policy and household behaviour 23081384.

OECD Studies on Environmental Policy and Household Behaviour 23081384.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages).

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Developing growth strategies that promote greener lifestyles requires a good understanding of the factors that affect people's behaviour towards the environment. Based on periodic surveys of more than 10 000 households, this publication presents responses from the most recent round of the OECD survey implemented in 2011, in 5 areas (energy, food, transport, waste and water) and 11 countries: Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Israel, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The survey provides a common framework to collect unique empirical evidence for better policy design. Analysis comparing the data across countries, policy conditions and household characteristics reveals which measures most effectively change behaviour. Each round of the survey also allows to track changes over time and to explore new emerging issues. The new survey confirms the importance of providing the right economic incentives for influencing our decisions. The findings indicate that "soft" measures such as labelling and public information campaigns also have a significant complementary role to play. Spurring desirable behaviour change requires a mix of these instruments. This edition completely replaces the previously posted 2013 edition.

Contents:

Household behaviour and water use

Household behaviour and transport choices

Household behaviour and energy use

General household attitudes towards the environment

The environmental policy context

Executive summary

Household waste generation, recycling and prevention

List of acronyms

Household behaviour and food consumption

Foreword

Preface

OECD 2011 Survey: Implementation

Household attitudes across environmental domains and time

OECD 2011 Survey: Questionnaire.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

ISBN:

9789264214651

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.