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Regional differences among citizens' energy saving behaviors in Japan: Analysis based on social capital [1]

The study examines the hypothesis that citizens with higher social capital score may have better performance on CO2 reduction and energy saving. For that purpose, WEB-based survey is conducted and 1500 responses are obtained. To calculate social capital, the concept of Japan Cabinet Office's SC Index is also used as the reference.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
Akiteru Maruta [2], Ryuji Matsuhashi [3], Yoshikuni Yoshida [4]
Journal of Environmental Information Science [5]
37
5
165
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide [6], Climate Mitigation [7], Energy Efficiency [8], Energy [9], Public Participation [10], Japan [11], Statistics [12]
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