Abstract

Environmental policy coukd be more effective if it would be socially differentiated. This is the starting hypothesis of the EPSECC project. This could only be true if environmental concern and behaviour of socially excluded groups varies from that of the population as a whole. Based on a secondary analysis of already existing surveys it was assessed whether socially excluded groups although a) they do have a lower environmental concern they b) do consume less environmental sensitive resources, but c) with a lower environmental efficiency. This paper gives some evidence that the first two working hypotheses do hold for most of the considered groups and for the policy fields (transport and energy) but not in all countries whereas the latter hypothesis for reasons of inadequate data could not be finally treated.

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Panel 1: Policy (incentives, normative measures, policy mixes to achive CO_2 reduction)

Panel 2: Technologies and Products (innovation, marketing, market transformation)

Panel 4: Environmental Perspective (externalities and life cycle approaches, local and global impacts and incentatives)

Panel 3: Dynamics of Consumption (social and cultural perspectives, actors and their interactions)

Panel 5: Land use,Transportation and infrastructure (urban and regional planning, approaches to change in well entrenched systems)