Information on biodiversity and environmental behaviors: A European study of individual and institutional drivers to adopt sustainable gardening practices

Thomas Coisnon, Damien Rousselière and Samira Rousselière ()
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Samira Rousselière: LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - IEMN-IAE Nantes - Institut d'Économie et de Management de Nantes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes, ONIRIS - École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique

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Abstract: The specific case of home gardening practices is particularly relevant when discussing lifestyle habits and ecological transition, due to the wide range of positive and negative environmental externalities private gardens may generate. However, existing studies usually focus on restricted areas, mostly at a city scale. We provide an original empirical contribution to the literature on individual and institutional drivers regarding ecological transition by exploring the variations of individual behavior between European countries with an appropriate econometric approach. Using a European database (Eurobarometer 83.4), we highlight several interesting results regarding Europeans' adoption of sustainable gardening practices, more particularly on the role of socio-demographic drivers, urban or rural residential location and access to trustworthy biodiversity-related information. In conclusion, we provide recommendations for the design of dedicated public policies, specific to a national or local level of decision.

Keywords: private garden; meta-regression; Sustainable practices; eurobarometer; generalized heckman model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Social Science Research, 2019, 84, pp.102323. ⟨10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.06.014⟩

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Working Paper: Information on biodiversity and environmental behaviors: a European study of individual and institutional drivers to adopt sustainable gardening practices (2018)
Working Paper: Information on biodiversity and environmental behaviors: a European study of individual and institutional drivers to adopt sustainable gardening practices (2018)
Working Paper: Information on biodiversity and environmental behaviors: a European study of individual and institutional drivers to adopt sustainable gardening practices (2018)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.06.014

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