Environmentally Significant Behaviour in the Czech Republic : Energy, Food and Transportation

This book strives to present the results of research into the consumption of goods and services in Czech households. The first two chapters focus on the effect of consumption on the environment and theoretical approaches towards consumption and behaviour analysis. The remaining five chapters look into consumer behaviour and its significant effect on the environment, such as a demand for energy and transport, energy-saving measures in households, car ownership and organic food consumption. This book aims to point out the environmental effects related to these types of behaviour and provide new information on the frequency of these types of consumer behaviour in various segments of the Czech society. This publication also accentuates the policies and other intervention tools that may be used to influence consumer behaviour. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Environmentally Significant Behaviour Chapter 2: Factors of Consumption Behaviour and Their Policy Relevance Chapter 3: Residential Energy and Transport Demand Chapter 4: Curtailments as Means of Energy Saving Chapter 5: Residential Energy-efficiency Investments Chapter 6: Passenger Car Ownership Chapter 7: Organic Food Buying Behaviour Summary Resumé References Appendices Index