DOI: 10.1002/wcc.182
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84865166133
论文题名: Changing household consumption to address climate change: Social scientific insights and challenges
作者: Shwom R ; , Lorenzen J ; A
刊名: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
ISSN: 17577780
出版年: 2012
卷: 3, 期: 5 起始页码: 379
结束页码: 395
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Behavioral research
; Gas emissions
; Greenhouse gases
; Social sciences
; Consumption patterns
; Empirical research
; GHG emission
; Greenhouse gas (GHG)
; Household Consumption
; Human consumption
; Managing changes
; Climate change
英文摘要: Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)-intensive consumption can be an important route to reducing the GHG emissions that cause climate change. To effectively mitigate climate change by reforming human consumption patterns we must have a comprehensive understanding of the linkages between consumption and climate change and how consumption may be altered. This article begins by reviewing the empirical research that links consumption and GHG emissions and identifies GHG-intensive actions and systems. We then identify four social science understandings of consumption: the consumer as homo economicus, the predictably irrational consumer, the locked-in consumer, and the socially organized consumer. These understandings of consumption that emerge from economics, psychology, anthropology, and sociology lead us to different conclusions on what can be done to change consumption patterns to mitigate climate change. To effectively transform consumption, we advocate the implementation of a range of policy solutions and explore several levers for managing change. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/76432
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States; Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Recommended Citation:
Shwom R,, Lorenzen J,A. Changing household consumption to address climate change: Social scientific insights and challenges[J]. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,2012-01-01,3(5)