The role of urban nature experiences in sustainable consumption: a transboundary urban ecosystem service

Wanggi Jaung (), L. Roman Carrasco, Daniel R. Richards, Shaikh Fairul Edros Ahmad Shaikh and Puay Yok Tan
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Wanggi Jaung: Duke Kunshan University
L. Roman Carrasco: National University of Singapore
Daniel R. Richards: Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise
Shaikh Fairul Edros Ahmad Shaikh: Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University
Puay Yok Tan: Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2023, vol. 25, issue 1, No 26, 621 pages

Abstract: Abstract Urban nature is widely recognized to be vital for sustainable urban development due to its wide range of benefits to urban residents. One of these benefits is urban nature’s contribution to promoting pro-environmental behaviour. This behaviour can reduce individual consumption, thereby decreasing the overall ecological footprint of urban areas. However, there is limited empirical evidence for a link between urban nature and pro-environmental behaviour. To test this link, we apply the value-belief-norm theory by examining the relationship between learning in urban nature and environmental values among Singaporean residents (n = 1,500). Our findings showed that learning in urban nature affected biospheric values and personal norms of the public. In turn, these values and norms promoted the public’s support for certified timber products, organic products, and boycotts of non-sustainable products. Relational values also supported these impacts. These benefits indicate an urban ecosystem service transcending city boundaries as urban nature in one region can support reducing an ecological footprint in other regions. These study findings may contribute to finding a contribution of urban nature as a nature-based approach to encouraging sustainable consumption, and a role of relational values in promoting pro-environmental behaviour.

Keywords: Urban ecosystem services; Cultural ecosystem services; Environmental education; Pro-environmental behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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