Abstract should be 50to 150-words.] Citizenship, like rurality, is a highly contested term. Yet emerging research has suggested that distinctive forms of citizenship are becoming associated with the global countryside. This chapter examines the significance of citizenship to rural geography and how understandings of rurality contribute to our knowledge of citizenship. It explores how rural citi...

The aim of this special thematic section is to bring together recent social psychological research on the topic of citizenship with a view to discerning the emerging trends within the field and its potential contributions to the broader interdisciplinary area of citizenship studies. Eight papers spanning diverse theoretical traditions (including social identity, social representations and discu...

In today’s world, green human resource management is one of the most important factors in forward-thinking your environment-friendly business. Most of the researchers are of the view that employees must be empowered and environmentally aware of greening while carrying out green human resource management practices.  The present study is examining the impact of different Green human resource prac...

There is considerable scientific interest in the psychological correlates of pro-environmental behaviors. Much research has focused on demographic and social-psychological characteristics of individuals who consistently perform such actions. Here, we report the results of 2 studies in which we explored relations between broad personality traits and pro-environmental actions. Using a wide variet...

While the recent environmental movement has enjoyed much success in generating proenvironmental attitudes in the public, it has not found similar success when it comes to generating pro-environmental behaviors. This phenomenon is supported by ample research suggesting that attitudes are not effective predictors of behaviors, especially in the case of environmental issues. This research examines...

The Geographies of Justice symposium is intended to facilitate interactions between scholars and policymakers from various backgrounds to examine new directions in social and environmental justice. Traditionally focused upon differential exposure to environmental hazards, the concept of justice is experiencing a renaissance with emerging interest in topics such as race, gender, ethnicity and se...

According to Hofstede’s theory of cultural dimensions, cultures differ in cultural values 13 and norms; values and norms that may influence differences in trendsetting, creative traits and 14 behaviors, and pro-environmental behaviors. Further, because men and women have been 15 socialized within particular cultures, gender differences may exist in trendsetting, creative traits 16 and behaviors...

The decisions made by individual farmers to adopt conservation practices that improve surface water quality will be of increasing importance in the 21st century. Currently, models attempting to explain pro-environmental behaviors ignore or minimize the role of individual personality characteristics. In this paper we give an overview of current research regarding how personal characteristics inf...