Taking Environmental Action: The Role of Local Composition, Context, and Collective |
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Authors: | Sarah E L Wakefield Susan J Elliott John D Eyles Donald C Cole |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography and Program in Planning , University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G3, Canada;(2) School of Geography and Geology/Institute of Environment and Health, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street W., Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 1K4, Canada;(3) Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto , 12 Queen’s Park Crescent W. McMurrich Building, Toronto, Ontario, M5S1A8, Canada |
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Abstract: | This article explores individual and community action taken in response to perceived environmental risks by investigating
the determinants of environmental action across a range of action types. A conceptual framework is first presented, which
provides a foundation for investigating the role of local compositional (i.e., individual characteristics), contextual (i.e.,
neighborhood environment), and collective (i.e., social networks) factors in environmental action. To test the utility of
the conceptual framework, a quantitative survey was administered to a random sample of households (n = 512) in Hamilton, Canada.
The results suggest that the predictors of environmental action vary by action type (i.e., personal change, individual civic
action, and cooperative civic action), and that factors related to perceived environmental exposure and social capital generally
play a stronger, more consistent role in civic environmental action than sociodemographic or neighborhood factors. The results
underscore the role of social connection in responses to perceived environmental risks. |
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Keywords: | Environmental action Social capital Risk perception Local context Air pollution |
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