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Green Travel Behavior in Urban China: Influencing Factors and their Effects

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With the ever‐increasing number of family cars in China, pollution and traffic jams seriously affect residents' daily lives. Motivating residents to select green travel modes is becoming a major issue. Based on the theory of planned behavior, a framework is developed to identify influencing factors and then examine how these factors affect residential green travel behavior (GTB). An empirical study with 332 valid questionnaires finds that personal factors mediate the relationship between soft environmental factors and green travel intentions (GTIs), whereas hard environmental factors could help GTIs transform into GTB. Such results indicate that the Chinese government needs to improve GTIs by developing related policies and transport systems to motivate people to select green travel modes. GTIs are improved directly by addressing personal factors and indirectly by perfecting green travel policies and campaigns. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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  • Han Jia, 2018. "Green Travel Behavior in Urban China: Influencing Factors and their Effects," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(4), pages 350-364, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:sustdv:v:26:y:2018:i:4:p:350-364
    DOI: 10.1002/sd.1710
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    1. Rafał Nagaj & Brigita Žuromskaitė, 2023. "Young Travellers and Green Travel in the Post-COVID Era," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-18, September.
    2. Lingyun Mi & Lijie Qiao & Ting Xu & Xiaoli Gan & Hang Yang & Jingjing Zhao & Yaning Qiao & Jiaxin Hou, 2020. "Promoting sustainable development: The impact of differences in cultural values on residents' pro‐environmental behaviors," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(6), pages 1539-1553, November.
    3. Junjun Zheng & Yi Cheng & Gang Ma & Xue Han & Liukai Yu, 2020. "Feasibility Analysis of Green Travel in Public Transportation: A Case Study of Wuhan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-22, August.
    4. Zhongda Wu & Yu Chen & Liuna Geng & Lei Zhou & Kexin Zhou, 2020. "Greening in nostalgia? How nostalgic traveling enhances tourists' proenvironmental behaviour," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(4), pages 634-645, July.
    5. Shiju Liao & Xiaoyun Du & Liyin Shen & Minghe Lv, 2021. "Evaluation Method for Urban Public Service Carrying Capacity (UPSCC): A Qualitative–Quantitative Bi-Dimensional Perspective," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-18, November.

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