Exploring Citizens’ Behavior to Promote Environmental Sustainability: The Role of Information Overload and Urban Sustainable Policies

Paola Briganti, Concetta Metallo (), Maria Margherita Pagliuca and Luisa Varriale
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Paola Briganti: Department of Sport Sciences and Well-Being, University of Naples ‘Parthenope’, 40 Medina Street, 80133 Naples, Italy
Concetta Metallo: Department of Sciences and Technology, University of Naples ‘Parthenope’, Centro Direzionale–Isola C4, 80143 Naples, Italy
Maria Margherita Pagliuca: Department of Management Studies and Quantitative Methods, University of Naples ‘Parthenope’, Palazzo Pacanowski 13 Generale Parisi Street, 80132 Naples, Italy
Luisa Varriale: Department of Economics, Law, Cybersecurity, and Sports Sciences, University of Naples ‘Parthenope’, Guglielmo Pepe Rione Gescal Street, 80035 Nola, Italy

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-17

Abstract: This study aims to provide a comprehensive framework for understanding citizens’ intentions to engage in environmentally sustainable behavior, thus making cities more sustainable. This article investigates environmentally sustainable behavior by adopting the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA). Using Partial Least Square Path Modeling (PLS-PM), an analysis of survey data from 224 respondents in Italy revealed the salient role of attitudes, subjective norms, intentions, and urban sustainable policies in urban sustainable behavior. Our findings have important implications for theory and practice in this new area of inquiry.

Keywords: theory of reasoned action (TRA); urban sustainable behavior; SDGs; sustainable development; sustainability; sustainable cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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