‘Stickiness’ of water-saving behaviours: What factors influence whether behaviours are maintained or given up?

The Perception of Environmental Information Disclosure on Rural Residents’ Pro-Environmental Behavior

“…The influencing factors at the micro level are mostly concentrated on environmental knowledge [9,[28][29][30], environmental perception [7,9,31,32], environmental protection attitudes [31,33,34], theory of planned behavior (TPB) [35][36][37] and personal habits [37].…”

“…Residents' attitudes toward the environment are reflected in their awareness of the importance of environmental protection and personal subjective perception. The perception and importance of environmental protection are the critical factors affecting personal environmental resource protection [29]. Moreover, the link between pro-environmental attitudes and pro-environmental activities is more vital when the opportunity cost is smaller [34].…”

“…The public's satisfaction will affect their PEB. The public's contentment with the governments' environmental protection efforts influences citizens' water-saving behaviors [29]. Furthermore, life satisfaction has a significantly stronger and more substantial impact on high-cost environmental behaviors than it does on low-cost environmental behaviors [39].…”

Shower water usage in Kruger National Park tourist accommodation: effectiveness of technology and information intervention to reduce use

“…13,14 Interventions such as low-flow showerheads have effectively contributed to significant water-saving globally, 15 without requiring burdensome user effort or behavioural change. 12 However, Tiefenbeck et al (2013) 16 showed that human behaviour can also result in diminished water saving when using water-saving devices, as a result of the mistaken belief that more efficient devices can counter more wasteful behaviour, in a process known as 'offsetting'. Added interventions that require greater behavioural change from users, such as limiting the total duration/volume of showers can however be highly effective for saving water, and may counter 'offsetting'.…”

“…Simple water-saving actions that require least effort (or deviation from comfort levels) by users are also most likely to be retained into everyday life. 12 As a start, the logical aim of intervention must then be for a maximum margin of water-saving, with minimum required user effort to change behaviour and with minimal loss to comfort. One area that has received significant research focus as a comparatively simple avenue for effective water-saving is in showering.…”