| In recent years, as the Chinese people have had to face environmental issues in their everyday lives, environmental protection has come to stimulate new social movements and forms of governance in China. After decades of state emphasis on economic growth, it has yet to be made clear how this new concern for environmental governance resonates with different segments of Chinese society. Thus, this thesis analyzes the rise of environmental consciousness among different social groups in the Western Chinese city of Chengdu.;Environmental consciousness is examined according to three components: ideology, perception and action. At the turn of the millennium, the Chinese state started to promote Ecological Civilization, the CCP&;A social survey of 245 households shows upper class residents perceiving the environment as having a higher impact on their life than lower class residents. The environmental actions of garbage separation, water conservation and air pollution mitigation are variably related to a resident&... |
