Sustainability Understanding and Behaviors across Urban Areas: A Case Study on Istanbul City

The success of urban sustainability is very much dependent on a number of human factors. Therefore, it becomes even more important to explore how people understand urban sustainability and how they behave accordingly. Based on a formerly developed conceptual framework and on specified influencing fa...

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Published in:Sustainability 2021-07, Vol.13 (14), p.7711
Main Authors: Topal, Hasan Fehmi, Hunt, Dexter V. L., Rogers, Christopher D. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Behavior
Bivariate analysis
Cities
Climate change
Correlation
Human factors
Natural resources
Perception
Personality
Personality traits
Polls & surveys
Population
Questionnaires
Sociodemographics
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Urban areas
Urbanization
Variance analysis
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Summary:The success of urban sustainability is very much dependent on a number of human factors. Therefore, it becomes even more important to explore how people understand urban sustainability and how they behave accordingly. Based on a formerly developed conceptual framework and on specified influencing factors, this study aimed to evaluate and elucidate the urban sustainability understanding and behavior of individuals in the city of Istanbul. This was assessed through the use of a quantitative questionnaire survey of 535 respondents. Therein, socio-psychological processes of sustainability understanding (i.e., determinants of awareness, perception, and attitude) and sustainability behaviors along with personality traits and influential factors were assessed and analyzed through the use of bivariate and multivariate methods (i.e., correlation tests, ANOVA, t-tests, and multiple linear regression). The results showed that sustainability awareness was more strongly correlated with attitude than perception, whereas behavior was found to be strongly correlated with both awareness and attitude and was (significantly) predicted by all determinants. The associations/influences of personality traits with determinants were found to be mostly insignificant. Conversely, for behavior, they were significant. The most influential factors found (in hierarchical ordering) were awareness of consequences, trust in society, social appraisement, world-mindedness, willingness to pay, trust in science and technology, ascription of responsibility, age and gender.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su13147711