The relations between natural and civic place attachment and pro-environmental behavior |
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Authors: | Leila Scannell Robert Gifford |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P5 |
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Abstract: | The relation between place attachment and pro-environmental behavior is unclear. Studies have reported that place attachment is associated both with more and less pro-environmental behavior. To help clarify this, we distinguished two dimensions of place attachment: civic and natural, and explored their respective influences on pro-environmental behavior. A community sample of residents (N = 104) from two proximate towns with different environmental reputations reported the strength of their civic and natural place attachment, their performance of various pro-environmental behaviors, and a number of sociodemographic characteristics. Regression analyses revealed that natural, but not civic place attachment predicted pro-environmental behavior when controlling for the town, length of residence, gender, education and age. This demonstrates that research and theory on place attachment should consider its civic and natural dimensions independently. |
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Keywords: | Place attachment Pro-environmental behavior Civic place attachment Natural place attachment |
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