Social organization and the transition from direct to indirect consumption
Social organization and the transition from direct to indirect consumption
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.01.001
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发表时间：
2010-05-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Biddlecom, Ann E.
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作者：
Axinn, William G.;Barber, Jennifer S.;Biddlecom, Ann E.
本文提出了一个新的理论框架，在微观层面上的环境消费研究的概念，从经典的社会学理论和最近的宏观层面上的环境研究的建设。该框架强调地方社区的情况是环境消费的一个重要决定因素。我们测试这个框架与独特的消费，家庭规模，家庭富裕程度和社区背景从尼泊尔，在社区组织，人口规模和消费行为发生巨大变化的设置中的微观层面的数据。这些测试的结果是一致的假设，即当地的非家庭组织的环境资源的消耗从直接转移到更间接的。我们认为，这里提出的框架是一个有用的早期步骤，更全面的微观层次的环境质量模型。(c)2010年爱思唯尔公司All rights reserved.
This paper presents a new theoretical framework for the study of environmental consumption at the micro-level by building on concepts from classical sociological theory and recent macro-level studies of the environment. The framework emphasizes the local community context as an important determinant of environmental consumption. We test this framework with unique Micro-level data on consumption, household size, household affluence, and community context from Nepal, a setting in the midst of dramatic change in community organization, population size, and consumption behavior. The results of these tests are consistent with the hypothesis that local non-family organizations shift the consumption of environmental resources from direct to more indirect. We argue that the framework presented here is a useful early step toward more comprehensive micro-level models of environmental quality. (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.