Food, Energy, and Water Nexus at Household Level: Do Sustainable Household Consumption Practices Promote Cleaner Environment?

被引:10
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作者
Shahbaz, Pomi [1 ]
Ul Haq, Shamsheer [2 ]
Abbas, Azhar [3 ]
Samie, Abdus [3 ]
Boz, Ismet [1 ]
Bagadeem, Salim [4 ]
Yu, Ziyue [5 ,6 ]
Li, Zhihui [5 ]
机构
[1] Ondokuz Mayis Univ, Dept Agr Econ, TR-55139 Samsun, Turkey
[2] Univ Educ, Dept Econ, Div Management & Adm Sci, Lahore 54770, Pakistan
[3] Univ Agr Faisalabad, Inst Agr & Resource Econ, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
[4] Arab Open Univ, Fac Business Adm, Riyadh 11681, Saudi Arabia
[5] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
[6] Univ Nottingham Ningbo China, Dept Architecture & Built Environm, Ningbo 315100, Peoples R China
关键词
energy sustainability; environmental conservation; ecosystem services; GHG emission; consumer behavior; CONSUMER-BEHAVIOR; EMISSIONS; FOOTPRINT; GENDER; WORK;
D O I
10.3390/ijerph191912945
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Governments around the globe are trying to find sustainable solutions for lessening pressure on natural resources and reducing carbon emissions. Daily household consumption of food, energy, and water has an impact on stocks of natural resources, environmental quality, and climate change. Households have significant potential for increasing conservation actions for efficient use of natural resources and greenhouse gas emissions. Households could contribute to a clean and healthy environment by adopting sustainable household practices through lower per capita consumption and carbon emissions. This study explored the role of different sustainable household consumption practices in promoting a clean environment as well as the factors affecting the adoption of these practices in Pakistan. Factor analysis and an ordered probit model were used to analyze the data from 1424 participants chosen through a multistage random sampling technique. The factor analysis identified 35 sustainable household practices for sustainable consumption. These 35 practices were grouped into the underlying factors of "Food" (14 items), "Energy" (12 items), and "Water" (9 items). The results from the econometric model showed a significant relationship between gender, education, residential area, family size, and income and the adoption of sustainable household consumption practices. Statistically, higher levels of reported sustainable consumption practices were apparent among females, households living in urban areas, more educated people, individuals of large family sizes, and more affluent households. Therefore, public policies for taking care of the environment need to put households at the center while at the same time promoting mass uptake of sustainable consumption practices related to food, energy, and water. In addition, the sector-specific policies also need to be augmented through focus on household-level consumption and production dynamics for achieving the UN's SDGs.
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