Assessing immediate emotions in the Theory of Planned Behavior can substantially contribute to increases in pro-environmental behavior

The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is a highly influential and powerful behavior change model that offers promising guidance on promoting urgently needed, pro-environmental action. Recent pro-environmental research has successfully augmented TPB using anticipated emotions—the emotions an individual consciously predicts they will experience in relation to possible outcomes of their decision. However, immediate emotions—the emotions an individual actually experiences during decision-making—have received far less attention. Given that immediate emotions are relevant to pro-environmental decision-making and can address the theoretical and empirical limitations of TPB, we contend that pro-environmental studies should explicitly examine immediate emotions within the TPB framework. This article aims to stimulate rigorous research that enhances pro-environmental communication and policymaking by providing integrative insights into immediate emotions along with recommendations for evaluating immediate emotions in a pro-environmental TPB context

Haverhill Workshop Report. Revitalization of the Washington Street Historic Shoe District.

Il volume presenta i risultati di una ricerca commissionata alla J.F.K. School of Government dal Comune di Haverhill (Massachusetts). ed avente per oggetto lo studio di un piano di rigenerazione urbanistica, sociale ed economica dell'antico distretto di Washington Street nella stessa cittadina. La ricerca è stata condotta tra l'autunno del 1982 e la primavera del 1983 ed ha avuto una cospicua componente partecipativa nella discussione delle misure di pianificazione proposte. Il Consiglio Comune di Haverhill ha ritenuto di accettare le misure proposte dal Rapporto, in particolare di non ricorrere alla leva fiscale come misura di facilitazione dell' inserimento di nuove aziende negli edifici abbandonati del distretto, ma di puntare su un coinvolgimento dal basso della popolazione e sul miglioramento complessivo dell'ambiente urbano dell'area centrale della cittadina, come elemento attratore di nuove attività di servizio e di nuovi residenti

Agricultural Research Bulletins, Nos. 378-391

Volume 30, Bulletins 378-391. (378) Farm Family Housing Needs and Preferences in the North Central Region; (379) Agricultural Cooperatives in Iowa: Farmers' Opinions and community Relations; (380) Evaluation of Variance Components From a Group of Experiments with Multiple Classifications; (381) Returns From and Capital Required for Soil Conservation Farming Systems: A Study of a Specific Population of Farms and Soils; (382) Principles of Conservation Economics and Policy; (383) Economics of Crop Rotations and Land Use: A Fundamental Study in Efficiency with Emphasis on Economic Balance of Forage and Grain Crops; (384) Nutrient Uptake by Soybeans on Two Iowa Soils; (385) Defrosting and Cooking Frozen Meat; (386) Relationship of Crop-Share and Cash Leasing Systems to Farming Efficiency; (387) Demand and Diversity of Use of Electricity on 16 Farms in the Eastern Livestock Area of Iowa; (388) Resource Productivity in Iowa farming: With Special Reference to Uncertainty and Capital Use in Southern Iowa; (389) Cost of Manufacturing Butter: A Study Based on Data From 13 Iowa Creameries; (390) Substitution Relationships, Resource Requirements and income Variability in the Utilization of Forage Crops; (391) Some Obstacles to Soil Erosion Control in Western Iowa</p