A Community-Wide Intervention to Improve Pedestrian Safety: Guidelines for Institutionalizing Large-Scale Behavior Change

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Boyce, T. E., & Geller, E. S. (2000). A community-wide intervention to improve pedestrian safety: Guidelines for institutionalizing large-scale behavior change. Environment and Behavior, 32(4), 502520.
An A-B-A reversal design with a long-term follow-up evaluated a community-wide commitment and incentive program to improve pedestrian safety. The campaign encouraged residents o…

Encouraging College Students to Support Pro-Environment Behavior: Effects of Direct versus Indirect Rewards

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Boyce, T. E., & Geller, E. S. (2001). Encouraging college students to support pro-environment behavior: Effects of direct versus indirect rewards. Environment & Behavior, 33(1), 107-125.
Ways to increase the delivery of a special thank-you card following behavior that protected the environment or helped another person were addressed. In Study 1, direct rewards f…

Attitudes and Behavior Toward the Environment: The Case of Lake Burdur in Turkey

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Aytülkasapoglu, M., & Ecevit, M. C. (2002). Attitudes and behavior toward the environment: The case of Lake Burdur in Turkey. Environment and Behavior, 34(3), 363-377.
This article aims to identify the variables that appear to be most influential in motivating individuals to participate in environmentally responsible behavior in a western city o…

Managerial Discretion and Corporate Commitment to the Natural Environment

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Aragón-Correa, J., Matías-Reche, F., & Senise-Barrio, M. (2004). Managerial discretion and corporate commitment to the natural environment. Journal of Business Research, 57(9), 964-975.
This article considers possible associations between executive discretion and corporate environmental commitment, developing competing hypotheses from two alternative approaches: …

The Impact of Norms and Assumed Consequences on Recycling Behavior

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Bratt, C. (1999). The impact of norms and assumed consequences on recycling behavior. Environment and Behavior, 31, 5, 630-656.
Given the aim to motivate consumers to behave in an environmentally friendly manner, there is a need to understand how consumers' environmental behavior can be influenced and what…

How does Environmental Concern Influence Specific Environmentally Related Behaviors? A New Answer to an Old Question

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Bamberg, S. (2003). How does environmental concern influence specific environmentally related behaviors? A new answer to an old question. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 23(1), 21-32.
The present study tests the hypothesis that environmental concern influences specific behavior indirectly via its impact on the generation and evaluation of situation-specific bel…

How to Obtain a Healthy Journey to School

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Jensen, S. U. (2008). How to obtain a healthy journey to school. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 42(3), 475-486.
Danish children walk and cycle a lot and at the same time have one of the best child road safety records in the western part of world. Based on several studies, the paper describe…

The Propensity for Motorists to Walk for Short trips: Evidence from West Edinburgh

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Ryley, T. J. (2008). The propensity for motorists to walk for short trips: Evidence from West Edinburgh. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 42(4), 620-628.
The trade-offs individuals make between the motor car and walking for short trips are investigated, using data from a West Edinburgh household survey. Propensity to walk discrete …

Walking and Cycling to School: Predictors of Increases Among Children and Adolescents

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Hume, C., Timperio, A., Salmon, J., Carver, A., Giles-Corti, B., & Crawford, D. (2009). Walking and Cycling to School: Predictors of Increases Among Children and Adolescents. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(3), 195-200.
Background: Little is known about what happens to active commuting as children get older, and less is known about influences on changes in this behavior. This study examined predi…

The Effect of Transportation Policies on Energy Consumption and Greenhouse gas Emission from Urban Passenger Transportation

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Poudenx, P. (2008). The effect of transportation policies on energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission from urban passenger transportation. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 42(6), 901-909.
This paper offers a brief journey through twelve major cities with various policies in place to curb private vehicle use and assesses their success in term of energy consumption a…

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