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Human-Nature Relationships and Linkages to Environmental Behaviour

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  • Michael Thomas Braito
  • Kerstin Böck
  • Courtney Flint
  • Andreas Muhar
  • Susanne Muhar
  • Marianne Penker

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While many theories exist to explain the complexity of environmental behaviour, the role of individuals' relationship with nature has not yet been fully clarified. This paper attempts to operationalise human-nature relationships. It expands upon a scale assessed by an iterative process of mixed methods in the US and Europe. This scale is then used to assess individuals' relationship with nature, and whether such relationships correlate with environmental behaviour. The value scale of Schwartz's Theory of Basic Values is used to validate the results. The results verify that people hold multiple human-nature relationships, confirm strong correlations between human-nature relationships and values, and reveal that individuals' behaviour is connected to the relationship they have with nature.

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  • Michael Thomas Braito & Kerstin Böck & Courtney Flint & Andreas Muhar & Susanne Muhar & Marianne Penker, 2017. "Human-Nature Relationships and Linkages to Environmental Behaviour," Environmental Values, White Horse Press, vol. 26(3), pages 365-389, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:env:journl:ev26:ev2615
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    Keywords

    Human-nature relationship scale; Schwartz Value Scale; student survey; Austria; Utah;
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    JEL classification:

    • D46 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Value Theory
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • Q26 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Recreational Aspects of Natural Resources

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