Environmental Concerns and Pro-Environmental Behaviours in Shanghai – Closing the Environmental Concern-Behaviour Gap

2015

Master thesis development management- University of Agder, 2015 Environmental issues are among the biggest problems of our time. While green technology and global initiatives are steps in the right direction, there is an environmental concernbehaviour gap among individuals that prevents successful implementation. Despite the government’s attempts to promote green development, China is one of the world’s worst environmental offenders. China’s household registration system – Hukou – climate change and resource scarcity are among the push-factors for many rural citizens to move to urban areas in search for a better life. This migrant population tends to settle in urban villages where they lack…