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Holistic and integrated life cycle sustainability assessment of community supported agriculture: A case study of school catering in Leipzig, Germany 社区支持农业的整体和综合生命周期可持续性评估：以德国莱比锡学校餐饮为例

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-12-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100372

Madeleine Pries, Walther Zeug, Daniela Thrän

Global food supply and intensive agriculture significantly impact social, economic, and ecological sustainability. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) strives to transform regional food networks by connecting producers and consumers. Although intrinsically more sustainable due to agroecological farming, short supply chains, and regional cooperation, no assessment has yet quantified the sustainability benefits of CSA. No Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been conducted in Germany, and only a few studies have been carried out in Europe to identify the impacts and improvement potentials of CSA. A Holistic and Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (HILCSA) was applied to a CSA in Leipzig, Germany, offering a novel integrative approach to analyze CSA benefits and impacts compared to a conventional reference in all three sustainability dimensions. Seven different fruits and vegetables produced by the CSA and distributed to schools in Leipzig were assessed. Based on 82 indicators, the results showed that CSA has 63 % fewer sustainability risks compared to the conventional German food market. All substitution factors of impacts aggregated to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were below 1.0, indicating a positive contribution by the CSA. Additionally, replacing conventional supply with supply from the CSA to 200 pupils can avoid 1 ton of CO₂ equivalents over one school year. Resource efficiency emerged as a key area for improvement, as the CSA had significantly lower yields than conventional production. However, it had similar water, land, and energy uses per hectare. At the same time, the highest upstream impacts were caused by Spent Mushroom Substrate (SMS) applied as organic fertilizer. The findings highlight the potential of CSA to drive regional socio-ecological transformation while suggesting improvements in resource efficiency.

全球粮食供应和集约化农业显著影响着社会、经济和生态的可持续性。社区支持农业（CSA）致力于通过连接生产者和消费者来改变区域粮食网络。虽然由于生态农业、短供应链和区域合作，CSA在本质上更具可持续性，但目前还没有评估对其可持续性效益进行量化。德国没有进行生命周期评估（LCA），欧洲也只有少数研究来确定CSA的影响和改进潜力。整体和综合生命周期可持续性评估（HILCSA）应用于德国莱比锡的CSA，提供了一种新的综合方法来分析CSA的效益和影响，而不是在所有三个可持续性维度上的传统参考。评估了由CSA生产并分发给莱比锡学校的七种不同水果和蔬菜。基于82项指标，结果表明，与传统的德国食品市场相比，CSA的可持续性风险降低了63% %。综合到可持续发展目标（sdg）的所有影响替代因子均小于1.0，表明CSA对可持续发展目标的贡献为正。此外，用CSA为200名学生提供的供应取代传统供应，可以在一学年减少1吨二氧化碳当量。资源效率成为改进的关键领域，因为CSA的产量明显低于常规生产。然而，它每公顷的水、土地和能源使用情况相似。同时，食用菌废底物作为有机肥对上游的影响最大。研究结果强调了CSA推动区域社会生态转型的潜力，同时提出了提高资源效率的建议。

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From baseline expectations to high-barrier signals: Mapping Indonesian generation Z's sustainable food consumption through item response theory and motive-based segmentation 从基线期望到高障碍信号：通过项目反应理论和基于动机的细分绘制印度尼西亚Z世代的可持续食品消费

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100369

Kristia Kristia , Sándor Kovács , Nádasi Levente Sándor

This study aims to evaluate the strength of various indicators related to seven types of food consumption motives, sustainable food choices, and food waste management variables in distinguishing the motivation and latent behaviour of Generation Z Indonesia through Item Response Theory analysis. A total of 1160 survey valid responses collected with quota sampling adjusted to regional distribution and balanced gender proportion were analysed using Item Response Theory to evaluate indicators, K-means clustering for segmentation, and Structural Equation Modelling-Partial Least Square to test the significance of the relationship between consumption motives and sustainable consumption behaviour. Seasonal fruit intake ranks highest discrimination ability among sustainable food choices, and suboptimal food consumption leads among food waste management indicators. Through Item Response Theory, this study classified food motives and sustainable consumption indicators into five typologies, revealing varying psychological entry points from baseline expectations to high-barrier signals. Four main segments were identified with variations in food consumption motives: Frugal Indifferent Foodie, Health-Focused Independent Locavores, Holistic Demander and Eco-Friendly Enthusiast, and Epicureans Pragmatist Waste Conserver. This study contributes by combining IRT and segmentation to uncover hidden motivational divides and offers a fresh perspective for designing more targeted and realistic interventions for sustainable food behaviour among youth in emerging markets.

本研究旨在通过项目反应理论分析，评估与7种食物消费动机、可持续食物选择和食物浪费管理变量相关的各种指标在区分印度尼西亚Z世代的动机和潜在行为方面的强度。利用项目反应理论评价指标，k -均值聚类分割，结构方程模型-偏最小二乘法检验消费动机与可持续消费行为之间关系的显著性，对调整了区域分布和平衡性别比例的配额抽样收集的1160份有效调查问卷进行了分析。在可持续食物选择中，时令水果摄入量的辨别能力最高，在食物浪费管理指标中，次优食物消费居于首位。通过项目反应理论，本研究将食物动机和可持续消费指标分为五类，揭示了从基线期望到高障碍信号的不同心理切入点。在食物消费动机方面，有四种主要人群：节俭、冷漠的美食家、注重健康的独立本土食者、整体需求者和环保爱好者，以及享乐主义者、实用主义者和废物保护者。本研究将IRT和细分相结合，揭示了隐藏的动机差异，并为设计更有针对性和更现实的干预措施提供了新的视角，以促进新兴市场年轻人的可持续食物行为。

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Corrigendum to “Drivers of sustainable financial consumerism: Exploring the impact of artificial intelligence, finfluencers, financial literacy, and product quality on sustainable development” [Clean. Responsib. Consumpt. 18 (2025) 100306] 《可持续金融消费主义的驱动因素：探索人工智能、影响者、金融知识和产品质量对可持续发展的影响》的勘误表。Responsib。消费品。18 (2025)100306]

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100342

Ashutosh Dash , Giridhari Mohanta

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The technology-authenticity paradox: How technological capabilities dually enable and inhibit green marketing in a developing economy 技术-真实性悖论：技术能力如何在发展中经济体中双重促进和抑制绿色营销

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100363

Agnes Caroline Dontina Mackay , Li Zuo , Ibrahim Alusine Kebe

This study investigates relationships among green content marketing (GCM), green brand equity (GBE), technological capabilities (TC), and sustainable bank performance (SBP) in Sierra Leone's banking sector—a context of institutional fragility and low digital infrastructure. Despite growing green marketing adoption in developing economies, critical gaps persist regarding how sustainability communication translates into performance and how technological investments moderate this process. Integrating Brand Equity Theory with the Resource-Based View and Dynamic Capabilities Theory, we propose and test a conceptual model where GBE mediates the GCM–SBP relationship, while TC exhibits dual, paradoxical moderating effects. Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) 4.0 on survey data from 350 banking professionals, we find that GCM positively influences SBP both directly and indirectly through GBE, confirming partial mediation. However, TC negatively moderates the direct GCM–SBP link—a “technology-authenticity paradox” where advanced marketing technologies signal inauthenticity in low-trust environments—while positively moderating the GBE–SBP relationship, functioning as a validation mechanism that substantiates brand trust into tangible performance. This study contributes theoretically by introducing the concept of “resource duality” to the Resource-Based View, demonstrating that TC's value is context-dependent and pathway-specific. Practically, it advises banks to prioritize authentic, community-embedded communication for building GBE, then deploy technology for back-end verification rather than customer-facing promotion. The findings offer critical insights for advancing sustainable banking and SDG achievement in developing economies and institutionally fragile contexts.

本研究探讨了塞拉利昂银行业的绿色内容营销（GCM）、绿色品牌资产（GBE）、技术能力（TC）和可持续银行绩效（SBP）之间的关系——制度脆弱性和低数字基础设施的背景。尽管发展中经济体越来越多地采用绿色营销，但在可持续传播如何转化为绩效以及技术投资如何调节这一过程方面，仍然存在重大差距。本文结合品牌资产理论、资源基础理论和动态能力理论，提出并检验了GBE在GCM-SBP关系中起中介作用，而TC则表现出双重的、矛盾的调节作用的概念模型。利用偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM） 4.0对350名银行从业人员的调查数据进行分析，我们发现GCM通过GBE对SBP有直接和间接的正向影响，证实了部分中介作用。然而，技术支持负向调节GCM-SBP之间的直接联系——一种“技术-真实性悖论”，即先进的营销技术在低信任环境中发出不真实性信号——同时正向调节GBE-SBP关系，作为一种验证机制，将品牌信任转化为有形绩效。本研究通过在资源基础观中引入“资源二元性”的概念，从理论上论证了技术创新的价值具有情境依赖性和路径特异性。实际上，它建议银行优先考虑构建GBE的真实、社区嵌入式通信，然后部署用于后端验证的技术，而不是面向客户的推广。研究结果为在发展中经济体和制度脆弱的背景下推进可持续银行业务和实现可持续发展目标提供了重要见解。

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When tradition meets tomorrow: Personal cultural orientations, normative influence and attitudes toward sustainable food consumption 当传统遇到明天：个人文化取向，规范影响和对可持续食品消费的态度

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100367

Athanasios Polyportis, Yijing Wang, Freya De Keyzer, Anne-Marie van Prooijen, Leonie Carolin Peiffer

Research on sustainable food consumption typically treats culture as a country-level context, overlooking how person-level cultural orientations translate into evaluations toward sustainable food consumption via concrete sociopsychological mechanisms. We address this gap by embedding two Personal Cultural Orientations, Tradition and Prudence, in a norm internalization pathway to explain their effects on attitudes toward sustainable food consumption. Building on an integrative conceptual model that draws on relevant insights from Schwartz Theory of Basic Human Values, the Value-Belief-Norm theory coupled with the Norm Activation Model, and aligning with the attitudinal component of the Theory of Planned Behavior, we analyzed data from an online representative consumer survey of 2,296 adults in five European countries (Portugal, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary). Both Tradition and Prudence exerted significant positive indirect effects on attitudes toward sustainable food consumption through a sequential pathway from social to personal norms. Direct effects were non-significant or weak in most countries; Tradition exhibited indirect only mediation in all countries, whereas the Prudence effect was indirect in three countries and complementary in two. These findings clarify where culture does its work, by shaping perceived social approval that crystallizes into personal moral obligation. Theoretically, we integrate person-level culture with norm-based accounts of attitude formation and mitigate ecological fallacy. Practically, findings highlight leveraging cultural conditions for SFC, including aligning sustainable practices with tradition, designing campaigns that leverage community role models, and appeals to prudential orientations that move sustainable consumption toward wider societal uptake.

可持续食品消费的研究通常将文化视为国家层面的背景，忽略了个人层面的文化取向如何通过具体的社会心理学机制转化为对可持续食品消费的评价。我们通过在规范内化路径中嵌入两种个人文化取向，传统和谨慎来解决这一差距，以解释它们对可持续食品消费态度的影响。在综合概念模型的基础上，我们借鉴了施瓦茨人类基本价值观理论、价值信念规范理论和规范激活模型的相关见解，并结合计划行为理论的态度成分，分析了来自五个欧洲国家（葡萄牙、意大利、希腊、保加利亚、匈牙利）的2296名成年人的在线代表性消费者调查数据。传统和谨慎都通过从社会规范到个人规范的顺序路径对可持续食品消费态度产生了显著的积极间接影响。在大多数国家，直接影响不显著或很弱；传统在所有国家都表现出间接的中介作用，而审慎效应在三个国家是间接的，在两个国家是互补的。这些发现阐明了文化是如何起作用的，通过塑造被感知的社会认可，使其具体化为个人的道德义务。从理论上讲，我们将个人层面的文化与基于规范的态度形成账户结合起来，减轻生态谬误。实际上，研究结果强调了利用SFC的文化条件，包括将可持续实践与传统结合起来，设计利用社区榜样的活动，并呼吁审慎的方向，将可持续消费推向更广泛的社会吸收。

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Consumer attitudes toward timber housing in the Czech Republic: Drivers and barriers for cleaner and responsible consumption transitions 捷克共和国消费者对木材房屋的态度：清洁和负责任的消费转型的驱动因素和障碍

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100364

Marcel Riedl, Martin Němec, Lucie Neužilová, Vilém Jarský, Roman Dudík

The construction sector is a significant contributor to carbon emissions, making material selection in housing essential for fostering responsible consumption. Timber, recognised as a renewable and carbon-sequestering material, offers distinct environmental advantages; however, it encounters varied public acceptance. This study analyses data from three surveys conducted in the Czech Republic (N = 6019; 2018–2024) to investigate consumer perceptions of timber housing and the factors influencing material choice. Methodologically, we employ a comparative analysis across the three surveys, utilising chi-square tests of independence, tests for differences in proportions, and proportional-odds logistic regression (POLR) for ordinal outcomes. Our comparative and segmentation analyses reveal that timber is often associated with concepts of nature, aesthetics, and tradition. However, concerns about fire safety, durability, and the material's suitability for multi-storey structures persist. Across all segments, price and durability consistently rank as baseline criteria; safety is broadly important but shows modest variation by life-role, while the salience of construction speed, energy efficiency, aesthetics, sustainability and peer references varies more markedly. Notably, a substantial neutral segment (43 %) exhibits hesitancy toward choosing timber housing, underscoring the need for evidence-based communication that aligns proven performance with sustainability benefits and reflects the priorities of specific consumer groups. These findings offer valuable insights into the evolving perceptions of timber, highlighting how targeted communication and supportive policies can facilitate the transition to cleaner, more responsible housing alternatives.

建筑行业是碳排放的重要贡献者，因此住房材料的选择对于促进负责任的消费至关重要。木材是公认的可再生和碳隔离材料，具有明显的环境优势；然而，公众对它的接受程度各不相同。本研究分析了在捷克共和国进行的三次调查的数据（N = 6019;2018-2024），以调查消费者对木材房屋的看法以及影响材料选择的因素。在方法学上，我们对三次调查进行了比较分析，利用卡方独立性检验、比例差异检验和顺序结果的比例-赔率逻辑回归（POLR）。我们的比较和分割分析表明，木材经常与自然、美学和传统的概念联系在一起。然而，对消防安全、耐久性和材料对多层结构的适用性的担忧仍然存在。在所有细分市场中，价格和耐用性始终是基准标准；安全是非常重要的，但在不同的生活角色中表现出适度的变化，而建筑速度、能源效率、美学、可持续性和同行参考的显著性变化则更为明显。值得注意的是，相当多的中立群体（43% %）对选择木质房屋表现出犹豫，这强调了基于证据的沟通的必要性，这种沟通需要将已证明的性能与可持续性效益相结合，并反映特定消费者群体的优先事项。这些发现为人们对木材的看法的演变提供了有价值的见解，突出了有针对性的沟通和支持政策如何促进向更清洁、更负责任的住房替代品的过渡。

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Beyond the fields: Unravelling the social consequences of green pea protein production from a Swedish perspective 超越田野：从瑞典的角度揭示绿色豌豆蛋白生产的社会后果

IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100361

Edoardo Desiderio, Karin Östergren

Despite legume-based proteins being more environmentally sustainable compared to conventional meat proteins, these products need to be backed up by socially sustainable supply chains, as upstream and downstream social impacts may hinder their overall contribution to sustainability. This study shows how a social life-cycle assessment (S-LCA) can highlight people-centred issues in an emerging Swedish pea-protein supply chain. Using surveys with farmers and workers in combination with a social risk database, we reveal key social risks and improvement options. A stakeholder survey assessment and cradle-to-factory-gate social life-cycle assessment for farmers, workers, local communities, and society were performed. The Product Social Impact Life Cycle Assessment (PSILCA) 2.0 database was used to perform the assessment within OpenLCA. A comparative scenario analysis was performed with Germany, Canada and China. Methodologically, the study applies a mixed-method approach, combining stakeholder-generated data with social risk modelling, offering a replicable template for future assessments of social sustainability. Results indicate moderate but improvable social performance in Sweden for the stakeholders considered, especially in terms of financial risks, economic support and working hours for farmers. The quantitative assessment reveals upstream impacts in terms of risk of child labour, migration flows, and social security expenditures linked to the non-European origin of fertilizer and chemical pesticides.

The study highlights the importance of considering social impacts from agricultural input choices and potential risks when scaling up production. It advances social sustainability assessment by integrating qualitative, real-time stakeholders’ insights with quantitative modelling in emerging supply chains. The findings provide useful guidance for companies and policymakers seeking to develop or scale up socially responsible plant-based supply chains.

尽管与传统肉类蛋白质相比，豆类蛋白质在环境上更具可持续性，但这些产品需要得到社会可持续供应链的支持，因为上游和下游的社会影响可能会阻碍其对可持续性的总体贡献。本研究展示了社会生命周期评估（S-LCA）如何在新兴的瑞典豌豆蛋白供应链中突出以人为本的问题。通过对农民和工人的调查，结合社会风险数据库，我们揭示了主要的社会风险和改进方案。对农民、工人、当地社区和社会进行了利益相关者调查评估和从摇篮到工厂大门的社会生命周期评估。使用产品社会影响生命周期评估（PSILCA） 2.0数据库在OpenLCA中进行评估。与德国、加拿大和中国进行了比较情景分析。在方法上，该研究采用混合方法，将利益相关者生成的数据与社会风险建模相结合，为未来的社会可持续性评估提供了可复制的模板。结果表明，考虑到利益相关者，特别是在金融风险、经济支持和农民工作时间方面，瑞典的社会绩效适度但有改善。定量评估揭示了上游的影响，包括童工风险、移民流动以及与非欧洲来源的化肥和化学农药有关的社会保障支出。该研究强调了在扩大生产时考虑农业投入选择的社会影响和潜在风险的重要性。它通过将定性的、实时的利益相关者的见解与新兴供应链的定量建模相结合，推进了社会可持续性评估。研究结果为寻求发展或扩大对社会负责的植物供应链的公司和政策制定者提供了有用的指导。

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The role of biodiversity in consumer research on food: A review and research agenda 生物多样性在食品消费者研究中的作用：综述和研究议程

IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100362

Deborah Schneider , Sanja Osieja , Carsten Herbes , Ramona Weinrich

The move towards sustainable consumption has drawn significant attention from scholars and practitioners alike. Biodiversity is an integral part of environmental sustainability and food security, but it has received little attention in consumer research. Findings are fragmented into how biodiversity as a product attribute affects consumer food choices. Thus, we conducted a systematic literature review on consumer research on biodiversity in the context of food choice. We reviewed 45 papers published between 2014 and March 2025. Our analysis was guided by the TCCM (Theories, Contexts, Characteristics, and Methodology) framework for developing a systematic literature review. We examined how biodiversity was conceptualized and defined within the studies and towards study participants. Our findings show that biodiversity as a product attribute generally has positive effects on consumer attitude, willingness to pay, and product choice. However, knowledge about biodiversity and the inherent trade-offs in product choices remains limited, so consumers cannot realistically factor biodiversity into their decision-making. We find that research has taken a narrow view of biodiversity, qualitative studies are rare, and few efforts have been made to build theoretical perspectives from empirical data. We conclude with a proposed agenda for future research and a tentative definition of biodiversity for social science.

向可持续消费的转变引起了学者和实践者的极大关注。生物多样性是环境可持续性和粮食安全的重要组成部分，但在消费者研究中却很少受到关注。关于生物多样性作为一种产品属性如何影响消费者的食品选择，研究结果是零散的。因此，我们对食品选择背景下的生物多样性消费者研究进行了系统的文献综述。我们回顾了2014年至2025年3月期间发表的45篇论文。我们的分析在TCCM（理论、背景、特征和方法论）框架的指导下进行了系统的文献综述。我们研究了生物多样性是如何在研究中以及对研究参与者进行概念化和定义的。研究结果表明，生物多样性作为一种产品属性，对消费者的消费态度、支付意愿和产品选择均有正向影响。然而，关于生物多样性和产品选择中固有的权衡的知识仍然有限，因此消费者不能现实地将生物多样性纳入他们的决策中。研究发现，生物多样性研究的视角较为狭隘，定性研究较少，从实证数据构建理论视角的努力较少。最后，我们提出了未来研究的议程和社会科学对生物多样性的初步定义。

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Development and validation of the environmentally sustainable consumer behavior index (ESCBI): A composite tool to measure and advance private-sphere pro-environmental consumer behaviors 环境可持续消费者行为指数（ESCBI）的开发和验证：衡量和促进私人领域亲环境消费者行为的综合工具

IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100365

Laura Ebbinghaus , Dominik Georgi , Marcel Zbinden , Larissa Dahinden

Global consumption patterns are increasingly unsustainable, driving climate change and biodiversity loss; however, comprehensive tools for measuring and tracking environmentally sustainable consumer behaviors (ESCB) are lacking. This study addresses this gap by developing and validating the environmentally sustainable consumer behavior index (ESCBI), a first-order reflective, second-order formative measurement tool. Drawing on interdisciplinary literature and data from six survey waves with representative samples (Ns between 1003 and 1031), the ESCBI assesses private-sphere pro-environmental behaviors across key consumption phases and areas. On the first-order level, 11 items are represented by three factors: energy efficiency and waste reduction efforts, environmentally friendly purchasing awareness, and a meat-reduced diet. On the second-order level, these serve as formative indicators of the overall construct and are used to calculate a construct index. The model explains 52 % of the variance in self-reported ESCB and reveals that behaviors related to meat reduction score lowest among consumers. The results theoretically and empirically reinforce the conceptualization of ESCB with formative indicators and provide actionable insights for executives and policy-makers to foster more environmentally sustainable behaviors.

全球消费模式越来越不可持续，导致气候变化和生物多样性丧失；然而，缺乏衡量和跟踪环境可持续消费者行为（ESCB）的综合工具。本研究通过开发和验证环境可持续消费者行为指数（ESCBI）来解决这一差距，ESCBI是一阶反思，二阶形成的测量工具。ESCBI利用跨学科文献和来自六个代表性样本（Ns在2003年至1931年之间）的调查数据，评估了私人领域在关键消费阶段和领域的亲环境行为。在一级，11个项目由三个因素表示：能源效率和减少废物的努力、环保采购意识和减少肉类的饮食。在二级水平上，这些作为整体结构的形成性指标，并用于计算结构指数。该模型解释了52% %的自我报告ESCB差异，并揭示了消费者中与减少肉类有关的行为得分最低。研究结果从理论上和经验上强化了ESCB的概念化，并为高管和政策制定者提供了可操作的见解，以促进更具环境可持续性的行为。

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Urban morphology-energy consumption nexus: A multi-criteria weather vulnerability analysis model for city planning 城市形态-能耗关系：城市规划的多准则天气脆弱性分析模型

IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100366

Shammi Akter Keya , Rohinton Emmanuel , Antti Haapala , Timo Pakarinen , Jouni Pykäläinen

The construction sector, particularly buildings, significantly contributes to global energy consumption and carbon emissions. Despite efforts to mitigate environmental impacts, the sector remains poorly prepared for climate change and external shocks. This study proposes a spatial modeling-based framework to assess cities' energy vulnerability, focusing on building- and neighborhood-scale interventions for climate-resilient construction. Methodologically, the study integrates geographical information systems (GIS) and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to develop a novel Weather Vulnerability Index (WVI), which is demonstrated as a proof-of-concept in the City of Joensuu, Eastern Finland. While GIS–MCDA integration has been used earlier, this study advances its application by adapting it to weather-driven urban energy vulnerability and operationalizing IPCC's vulnerability assessment framework in a dual-scale approach. The WVI employs openly accessible datasets and a flexible structure that accommodates contextually relevant variables, while ensuring adaptability across diverse urban settings. It is particularly effective for small- and mid-sized cities, where adaptable and data-efficient tools remain scarce. The WVI classifies neighborhoods based on their vulnerability to high energy consumption and supports targeted interventions, such as retrofits and greening, offering decision-makers a transparent and transferable tool for advancing sustainable and climate-resilient urban development.

建筑行业，特别是建筑，对全球能源消耗和碳排放做出了重大贡献。尽管努力减轻环境影响，但该行业对气候变化和外部冲击的准备仍然不足。本研究提出了一个基于空间模型的框架来评估城市的能源脆弱性，重点关注建筑和社区规模的气候适应性建设干预措施。在方法上，该研究整合了地理信息系统（GIS）和多标准决策分析（MCDA），开发了一种新的天气脆弱性指数（WVI），并在芬兰东部约恩苏市进行了概念验证。虽然GIS-MCDA集成的应用较早，但本研究通过使其适应天气驱动的城市能源脆弱性，并以双尺度方法实施IPCC的脆弱性评估框架，推进了其应用。WVI采用可公开访问的数据集和灵活的结构，以适应与环境相关的变量，同时确保对不同城市环境的适应性。它对中小型城市尤其有效，在这些城市，适应性强、数据效率高的工具仍然稀缺。WVI根据社区对高能耗的脆弱性对其进行分类，并支持有针对性的干预措施，如改造和绿化，为决策者提供一个透明和可转移的工具，以促进可持续和气候适应型城市发展。

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