'A holiday is a holiday': practicing sustainability, home and away
'A holiday is a holiday': practicing sustainability, home and away
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.08.007
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发表时间：
2010-05-01
影响因子：
6.1
通讯作者：
Prillwitz, Jan
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作者：
Barr, Stewart;Shaw, Gareth;Prillwitz, Jan
“行为变化”是关注气候变化问题的学者和实践者关注的主要问题之一。旅游地理学家的研究通常集中在个人在假期之前和假期期间可以做出的各种选择，以减少环境足迹，特别是通过使用可持续发展标准。然而，虽然人们对可持续旅游做法的动机有了越来越多的了解，但对旅游做法与家庭内和周围的日常环境活动之间的关系的认识较少。社会心理学家和环境社会学家对后一个问题进行了广泛的研究。因此，这篇论文将利用这两个现有的研究机构来论证，如果要为气候变化制定有效的行为变化战略，揭示当代环境实践的复杂性，就需要对“可持续生活方式”有一个整体的理解。利用英国科学院最近的一项研究项目的数据，这篇论文将探索可持续生活方式不断变化的性质，并将论证以家庭为基础的环境实践与以旅游为基础的环境实践之间的关系。这篇论文认为，虽然个人对在家里和周围参与一系列环境行为相对满意，但将这些行为转移到旅游环境中可能是有问题的。低成本航空旅行等高消费活动尤其如此。这篇论文的结论是，学者和政策制定者都需要重新构建他们对可持续生活方式的概念，超越一系列实践和背景。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
'Behaviour change' is one of the major concerns for academics and practitioners concerned with tackling climate change. Research amongst tourism geographers has conventionally focussed on the various choices that individuals can make, both before and during their holidays, to reduce environmental footprints, specifically through the use of sustainability criteria. However, whilst there is a developing understanding of the motivations for sustainable tourism practices, there is less appreciation of the relationship tourist practices have to everyday environmental activities in and around the home. This latter issue has been researched extensively by social psychologists and environmental sociologists. Accordingly, the paper will draw upon these two existing bodies of research to argue that a holistic understanding of 'sustainable lifestyles' is needed if effective behavioural change strategies for climate change are to be developed, revealing the complexities of contemporary environmental practices. Using data from a recent British Academy research project, the paper will explore the changing nature of sustainable lifestyles and will demonstrate the relationships between home- and tourism-based environmental practices. The paper will argue that whilst individuals are relatively comfortable with participating in a range of environmental behaviours in and around the home, the transference of these practices to tourism contexts can be problematic. This is particularly the case for high-consumption activities such as low-cost air travel. The paper concludes by arguing that both academics and policy makers need to re-frame their notions of 'sustainable lifestyles', transcending a series of practices and contexts. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.