Abstract
This research compares environmental volunteering among students in South Korea and the US (n = 3612). Given differing environmental histories of these countries, we explore whether and to what extent volunteer proclivity and intensity varies, and potential factors that explain existing variation. Findings suggest that American students are more likely to volunteer for, and devote time to, environmental causes, while South Korean students differ on socio-economic correlates of such behaviour. In a global society, understanding determinants of environmental volunteer participation is critical to the management of environmental NGOs that are involved in broad-based and participatory planning, educating stakeholders and legitimising environmental advocacy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 837-854 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of Environmental Planning and Management |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 4 May 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2014, © 2014 University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Keywords
- cross national
- environmental knowledge
- pro-environmental behaviours
- volunteering
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Water Science and Technology
- General Environmental Science
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law