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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102453
	Socioeconomic geography of climate change views in Europe
	Weckroth M.; Ala-Mantila S.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	72
英文摘要	Climate change views have their socioeconomic foundations but also specific geographies. In merging these perspectives, this analysis uses ESS Round 8 data from 23 European countries to examine whether climate change scepticism and concern, pro-environmental personal norm and a willingness to engage in energy-saving behaviour exhibit, first, urban–rural and/or regional differences, and second, if these attitudes can be explained at individual level by socioeconomic position and wellbeing resources. We find that climate change scepticism and concern do exhibit urban–rural differences, where living in a country village is associated with greater climate scepticism and lower concern compared to living in a big city. Also, higher climate change concern and pro-environmental norms are associated with living in a region with constant population growth. These geographical differences are independent of individual-level socioeconomic attributes as well as one's political orientation. Additionally, the results show that both climate change attitudes and reporting energy-saving behaviour are strongly stratified by level of education and reveal that those in lower income deciles feel less pro-environmental norm but nonetheless report greater engagement with energy-saving behaviour. In sum, the results highlight that climate change mitigation is not a uniform project either spatially or within certain socioeconomic strata. Hence, our results suggest that socioeconomic disadvantage (belonging to the lowest education and income levels) and spatial marginalisation (living in more rural surroundings and declining regions) should be better acknowledged when reworking climate change and environmental policies in the EU. © 2021 The Author(s)
英文关键词	Climate change; Climate change attitudes; Pro-environmental behaviour; Social exclusion; Spatial justice; Urban–rural differences
语种	英语
scopus关键词	climate change; European Union; evolutionarily stable strategy; marginalization; mitigation; socioeconomic status; Europe
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256677
作者单位	Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Rural Studies, Land Use and Natural Resource Governance, Yliopistokatu 6, Joensuu, 80100, Finland; Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Research, University of Helsinki, Yliopistonkatu 2, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Weckroth M.,Ala-Mantila S.. Socioeconomic geography of climate change views in Europe[J],2022,72.
APA	Weckroth M.,&Ala-Mantila S..(2022).Socioeconomic geography of climate change views in Europe.Global Environmental Change,72.
MLA	Weckroth M.,et al."Socioeconomic geography of climate change views in Europe".Global Environmental Change 72(2022).