Characteristics of climate concern — attitudes and personal actions — a case study of Hungarian settlements

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dc.author.affiliationATOhu
dc.author.affiliationNONRKIhu
dc.author.mtmtid10063352
dc.author.mtmtid10040076
dc.author.mtmtid10003246
dc.contributor.authorKiss, Emőke
dc.contributor.authorBalla, Dániel
dc.contributor.authorKovács, András Donát
dc.coverage.mtmtmtmthu
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-11T07:39:59Z
dc.date.available2022-05-11T07:39:59Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses one of the most important social factors of climate protection: climate concern. Most research in this area focuses on North America and Western Europe or presents international comparative statistics. Our work is innovative because we have designated a lesser-known post-socialist region in East-Central Europe as a sample area, and we intend to conduct in-depth analyses at the municipal level. Our study describes the second largest city in Hungary, Debrecen, and its agglomeration. Based on a questionnaire survey in 2020 (N = 512), we examined opinion factors, and we have presented features consistent with or different from the findings in the relevant literature. In the statistical analysis, chi-square tests and binary logistic regressions were applied to reveal significant differences between the responses of different types of respondents. As response variables, we used the questions about general concerns regarding air pollution, knowledge about climate change, beliefs about tackling, perceived threat, behavioural responses, personal actions, and demography. We found that the concern about air pollution and a feeling of threat to respondents’ life was mainly affected by the degree of climate concern. We conclude that the knowledge of local communities on climate change has increased, and risk perception has improved. Still, there is no clear relationship between the level of concern and climate-conscious behaviour. The findings provide ideas for promoting local climate management and awareness-raising in the European Union or other countries.hu
dc.description.accessszabadon elérhető / Open accesshu
dc.format.extentfirstpage1hu
dc.format.extentlastpage22hu
dc.format.extentvolume14hu
dc.identifier.citationSustainability 14:(9) Paper: 5138, 22 p. (2022)hu
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su14095138hu
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050hu
dc.identifier.mtmt-recordid32791543
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/9/5138
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11155/2630
dc.languageangolhu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSustainabilityhu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalissue9hu
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0) Nevezd meg!-Ne add el!-Ne változtasd!hu
dc.subjectéghajlatváltozáshu
dc.subjecttelepülések - Magyarországhu
dc.titleCharacteristics of climate concern — attitudes and personal actions — a case study of Hungarian settlementsen
dc.typejournalArticlehu
dc.type.descriptionfolyóiratcikkhu
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