Changing Consumption Patterns in Green Economy

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Author(s): Violeta Sima (Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești, Romania)and Ileana Georgiana Gheorghe (Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești, Romania)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 27
Source title: Agricultural Management Strategies in a Changing Economy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Gabriel Popescu (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)and Andrei Jean-Vasile (Petroleum - Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7521-6.ch009

Keywords: Agricultural & Food Technologies / Business Science Reference / Economics and Economic Theory / Environment & Agriculture

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This chapter has considered the recent changes occurring in consumer habits, aiming to highlight the link between them and the transition to a green economy. In the first part, after a brief introduction, the authors perform a review of the literature in the field, starting from the presentation of the concept of sustainable consumption. They start with the major changes in the social current economic environment and their impact on changes of the consumption patterns; they continue with the presentation of the changes of the consumption pattern in the European Union and the specific aspects of the current changes of the consumption patterns in Romania. Thus, the authors aim to identify the key features of the New European Consumer.

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