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Social Capital, Environmental Knowledge, and Pro-Environmental Behavior.

Qinyuan Wan¹, Wencui Du¹

¹School of Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100070, China.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Social capital significantly boosts pro-environmental behavior by strengthening social norms and participation. Environmental knowledge mediates this effect, with variations across demographics and regions.

Keywords:

private domain environmental behavior public domain environmental behavior social capital

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Area of Science:

Environmental Sociology
Behavioral Science
Social Capital Studies

Background:

Public access to environmental information is crucial.
Social capital's influence on pro-environmental behavior requires investigation.
Understanding factors promoting sustainable actions is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

To empirically assess the impact of social capital on private and public pro-environmental behaviors.
To explore the mediating role of environmental knowledge.
To identify demographic and regional variations in these relationships.

Main Methods:

Utilized data from the Chinese General Social Survey 2013 (CGSS2013).
Measured social capital through social trust, social norms, social network, and social participation.
Employed statistical analysis to test hypotheses and mechanism effects.

Main Results:

Social capital positively influences pro-environmental behavior.
Social norms and participation significantly promote both private and public behaviors.
Social trust impacts private behaviors; social networks impact public behaviors.
Environmental knowledge mediates the relationship between social capital and pro-environmental behavior.
Heterogeneity observed in gender, social class, and regional effects on environmental knowledge.

Conclusions:

Enhancing social capital, particularly social norms and participation, is key to promoting environmental actions.
Environmental knowledge is a critical pathway through which social capital influences behavior.
Targeted interventions considering demographic and regional differences are needed to maximize impact.