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Author Ščasný, Milan, author

Title Environmentally Significant Behaviour in the Czech Republic : Energy, Food and Transportation / Milan Ščasný, Jan Urban, Iva Zvěřinová
Edition First edition
Published Prague : Karolinum, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 5, 2014)
Subject Environmental health -- Czech Republic
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SCIENCE / Environmental Science
Ecology
Environmental health
SUBJECT Czech Republic -- Environmental conditions -- Periodicals
Subject Czech Republic
Genre/Form Periodicals
Form Electronic book
Author Urban, Jan, 1953- author.
Zvěřinová, Iva, author
ISBN 9788024627489
8024627485
Other Titles Environmentally Significant Behavior in the Czech Republic