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Christmas tale of (un)sustainability: reflecting on consumption and environmental awareness on the streets of Amsterdam

Christmas tale of (un)sustainability: reflecting on consumption and environmental awareness on the streets of Amsterdam

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In reflecting on Dutch Christmas shoppers, this article will discuss environmental Kuznets curve (EKC), postmaterialist values hypothesis, and ecological modernization theory. According to the EKC hypothesis, while at the initial stages of industrialization material resources are often used unsustainably, continuing industrialization leads to a threshold after which lead to progressively more sustainable technologies. According to the postmaterialist values hypothesis, only wealthier societies can ‘afford’ to care about the environment, assuming that wealth will lead to development of greater concern about and valuation of environment. Finally, ecological modernization theory postulates that environmental conditions improve with advanced technological development and suggests that enlightened self-interest, economy and ecology can be favourably combined and that productive use of natural resources can be a source of future growth. In generalizing economic, political and social trends in relation to consumption in The Netherlands, the aim of this article is to consider the consequences of Western-style consumption for the enterprise of global development.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2013.05.004

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OrganisatieDe Haagse Hogeschool
OpleidingBFM International Business & Management Studies
AfdelingFaculteit Business, Finance & Marketing
Gepubliceerd inSustainable Cities and Society Elsevier, Amsterdam, Uitgave: 10, Pagina's: 65-71
Jaar2014
TypeArtikel
DOI10.1016/j.scs.2013.05.004
TaalEngels

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