Abstract Given the available scientific understanding regarding the environmental impacts of everyday behaviors, individuals should be both concerned and motivated to act in environmentally responsible ways. Yet, the connection between environmental awareness, concern, attitude, and behavior is neither direct nor clear. Various factors have been demonstrated to influence environmentally responsible behavior (ERB), including: attitudes, values, knowledge, affect, context, and social capital. We contribute to this conversation by exploring the mechanisms that community participation, social trust, and strong ties influence ERB in an urban context. Our results indicate that dimensions of social capital effect environmentally responsible behavior through environmental concern. Specifically, we find that social trust is a significant predictor of both environmental concern and locus of control. These results provide insight into the small but growing literature on environmental concern, social capital, and ERB and suggest that policies and practices that increase social trust can lead to more environmentally responsible behavior and advance urban sustainability.

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通过个人行为实现城市可持续性的途径：社会资本的作用

摘要 鉴于对日常行为对环境影响的现有科学认识，个人应该关注并积极地以对环境负责的方式行事。然而，环境意识、关注、态度和行为之间的联系既不直接也不明确。各种因素已被证明会影响对环境负责的行为 (ERB)，包括：态度、价值观、知识、情感、背景和社会资本。我们通过探索社区参与、社会信任和紧密联系在城市环境中影响 ERB 的机制，为这次对话做出贡献。我们的结果表明，社会资本的维度通过环境关注影响对环境负责的行为。具体来说，我们发现社会信任是环境关注和控制点的重要预测因素。这些结果提供了对关于环境问题、社会资本和 ERB 的少量但不断增长的文献的洞察，并表明增加社会信任的政策和实践可以导致对环境更负责任的行为并促进城市可持续性。