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Consumer’s motivation, opportunities and abilities for sustainable consumption: A case in China

Author: Bing Zhu

Published in: Sustainability Nexus Forum | Issue 4/2016

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The unsustainability level of consumption is the heart of the global sustainable development challenge (Peattie 2010) as some of the most serious environmental issues facing humanity today are related to consumers’ unsustainable consumption patterns and lifestyles (Thøgersen 2010; Sitarz 1994; Stern 1992; European Environmental Agency 2005). Environmental technologies, production systems, economic policies and social initiatives are projected to play important roles in the pursuit of sustainability; however, their contribution will be undermined if there will be no changes to be infused in consumers’ consumption patterns and behaviors (Peattie 2010). In this sense, the importance of consumers in shaping consumption behaviors and transforming it from unsustainability to sustainability pattern is unquestionable (Schot et al. 2016). …

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Title: Consumer’s motivation, opportunities and abilities for sustainable consumption: A case in China
Author: Bing Zhu
Publication date: 24-11-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Sustainability Nexus Forum / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 2948-1619
Electronic ISSN: 2948-1627
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00550-016-0423-6

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