Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Dunlap, Riley E.
• Mertig, Angela G.

Titel

Global Concern for the Environment: Is Affluence a Prerequisite?

Ist Teil von

• Journal of social issues, 1995, Vol.51 (4), p.121-137

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• It is widely assumed that public concern for environmental quality is dependent on affluence, and is therefore stronger in wealthy nations than in poor nations. This assumption is tested via results from a 1992 international survey conducted by the George H. Gallup International Institute that obtained data on a wide range of environmental perceptions and opinions from citizens in 24 economically and geographically diverse nations. Aggregate, national‐level scores for a variety of measures of public concern for environmental quality were created and correlated with per capita gross national product. Although the results vary considerably depending upon the measure, overall national affluence is more often negatively rather than positively related to citizen concern for environmental quality—contradicting conventional wisdom.