How urban green areas influence different dimensions of sustainable behaviour

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https://doi.org/10.5902/1983465969508

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Green areas, Sustainable consumption, Pro-environmental behavior

Abstract

Purpose: The alternative of sustainable consumption is proposed to change the excessive demand and production that aggravate environmental problems. However, translating ecosystems concerns into sustainable attitudes is a well-known challenge. This study analyzes the hypothesis of a positive correlation between how often people visit urban green areas and their perception of sustainable consumption

Design/methodology/approach: Based on the nonparametric item response theory (NIRT) and logistic regression models.

Findings: The hypothesis was partially confirmed.

Implications: The importance of urban green areas and their potential to encourage sustainable consumption reinforces the need for governments to develop environmental education programs that include incentives to visit public parks and emphasize the reduction of environmental degradation.

Originality/value: This research contributes (i) to present the importance of urban green areas to change the individuals’ behavior toward sustainable consumption and (ii) to test how urban green areas influence different dimensions of sustainable behavior.

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Leonardo Ferraz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP

Graduado em Relações Internacionais pela UNIFESP (2019). Foi monitor da unidade curricular "A sustentabilidade nas Organizações" e Bolsista de Iniciação Científica CNPQ - PIBIC com produção de dois trabalhos no tema Sustentabilidade. Mestre em Economia Aplicada pela UFSCAR (2022) onde Coordenou o Núcleo de Estudos em Economia Aplicada (NEA).

Liége Mariel Petroni, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel, RS

Graduada em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, pós doutora em Administração pela Universidade de São Paulo, doutora em Ciências pela Universidade de São Paulo, mestre em Biociências pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul e especialista em Zoologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Atualmente é professora adjunta na Universidade Federal do Pampa - UNIPAMPA. Coordenadora e Líder do Programa Multidisciplinar de Gestão e Educação para a Sustentabilidade (GES), registrado no Diretório do CNPq e certificado pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP. Foi fundadora e coordenadora do Programa de Extensão Laboratório de Inovação e Sustentabilidade (LABIS) da UNIFESP. Foi membro Deliberativo da Cátedra "Sustentabilidade e Visões de Futuro" e do Conselho de Administração da Agência de Inovação Tecnológica e Social da Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Exerceu o cargo chefe de Divisão de Gestão Ambiental da EPPEN - UNIFESP e de vice chefia do Departamento Multidisciplinar da Escola Paulista de Política, Negócios e Economia da UNIFESP. Ministrou aulas em vários cursos de pós graduação. Experiência profissional em organizações públicas e privadas. Áreas de interesse em Sustentabilidade, Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Consumo Sustentável, Empreendedorismo, Inovação e Negócios de Impacto, Educação para a Sustentabilidade e Biologia da Conservação.

Emerson Gomes dos Santos, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Osasco, SP

Professor na Escola Paulista de Política, Economia e Negócios da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPPEN/UNIFESP), onde esteve na coordenação de curso (2017-2021). Professor do Programa de Mestrado Profissional Interdisciplinar em Inovação Tecnológica (PIT) do Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (ICT), Campus São José dos Campos. Foi Vice-Diretor do Núcleo de Inovação Tecnológica (NIT) entre dez/2017 e mar/2019. Foi consultor em projetos de cooperação entre UNESCO e MEC em 2022, entre Fundação Vanzolini e ANPROTEC em 2020 e, entre a ENAP e Fundo de População das Nações Unidas (UNFPA) em 2018. Foi coordenador da área de estatística no Centro Regional de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação (CETIC), Analista de Risco para definição de políticas e procedimentos do Ciclo de Crédito, Analista de Qualidade para implantação do modelo de Qualidade com metodologia Six Sigma, atuação como Green Belt (ISD Brasil). Doutor e Mestre em Engenharia de Produção e Bacharel em Estatística, todos pela Universidade de São Paulo. Atua em todas as etapas da pesquisa (planejamento, coleta, análise e divulgação) em projetos interdisciplinares envolvendo Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Engenharias (Inovação) e Ciências da Saúde (Bioestatística).

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Ferraz, L., Petroni, L. M., & Santos, E. G. dos. (2023). How urban green areas influence different dimensions of sustainable behaviour. Revista De Administração Da UFSM, 16(1), e6. https://doi.org/10.5902/1983465969508

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