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‘Money and (dis)connection’: Income inequality and network disadvantage as barriers to sustainable technology adoption
Scholars have highlighted the role of income distribution as a fundamental factor to understand consumption, health, adoption of technologies, social cohesion, democratic stability, and long term economic performance, among ... -
Prospect Theory in the Housing Market
Loss aversion, a behavioural bias on people’s asymmetric attitudes towards losses and gains, is a core concept in prospect theory. Similar to behavioural sciences in general, loss aversion has been widely applied in various ... -
The Take Up and Use of Green Technologies in Low Carbon Communities: A Case Study of North West Cambridge
Against the backdrop of climate change, governments around the world are introducing requirements for new developments to be built to much higher sustainability standards. As urban areas face population growth, we are ... -
Using Integrated Assessment Models to Achieve the Paris Climate Target
Integrated assessment models (IAMs) have become central tools in global assessments of how to achieve the Paris climate target. But how reliable are the insights that can be drawn from IAMs? This thesis identifies and ...