Effects of attitudinal and sociodemographic factors on pro-environmental behaviour in urban China

@article{Chen2011EffectsOA,
  title={Effects of attitudinal and sociodemographic factors on pro-environmental behaviour in urban China},
  author={Xiaodong Chen and M. Nils Peterson and Vanessa Hull and Chuntian Lu and Graise D. Lee and Dayong Hong and Jianguo Liu},
  journal={Environmental Conservation},
  year={2011},
  volume={38},
  pages={45 - 52}
}
SUMMARY China currently faces severe environmental challenges, and information regarding the predictors of pro-environmental behaviour in China is needed to manage them. This study addresses this need by modelling the sociodemographic and attitudinal factors predicting pro-environmental behaviour in urban China. Pro-environmental behaviour was modelled as a function of environmental attitude (measured using the new environmental paradigm) and various sociodemographic characteristics… 
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