Beliefs about Climate Change and Their Relationship with Environmental Beliefs and Sustainable Behavior: A View from Rural Communities

The study of beliefs and environmental behavior is of special interest, given the implications of climate change as a social phenomenon and the disagreements about what is socially believed about this phenomenon. This research was aimed at determining the associations between environmental beliefs a...

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Published in:Sustainability 2021-05, Vol.13 (9), p.5326
Main Authors: Sierra-Barón, Willian, Navarro, Oscar, Amézquita Naranjo, Diana Katherine, Teres Sierra, Eylyn Daniela, Narváez González, Carol Marcela
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Altruism
Behavior
Climate change
Climate prediction
Environmental behavior
Environmental changes
Environmental economics
Environmental risk
Humanities and Social Sciences
Influence
Perceptions
Risk perception
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural environments
Social interactions
Sustainability
Sustainable development
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Influence
Perceptions
Risk perception
Rural areas
Rural communities
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