Environmentally Significant Behaviour in the Czech Republic : Energy, Food and Transportation /
Environmentally Significant Behavior in the Czech Republic
Milan Sčasný, Jan Urban, Iva Zvěřinová.
- First edition.
- Prague : Karolinum, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.