TY - GEN
T1 - Family Stability and Environmental Sustainability: An Interdependent Nexus
AU - Aref, Ahmed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This paper examines the interdependent nexus between family stability and the geophysical environment, both as dependent and independent variables. The first hypothesis is conceptualized based on human ecology, theorizing the impact of the environment on human behavior. Environmental contexts in their geophysical concepts construct human behavior and affect marital relationships. It might lead to quality relationships between spouses resulting in family stability or predispose families to disintegration. The second hypothesis examines the impact of family stability on environmental sustainability, as married couples living in the same household consume fewer resources, including electricity, water, and fuel than divorced couples, who live in two separate households. Evidence from different countries indicates that soaring divorce rates has resulted in more households with fewer people and increased resource consumption globally.
AB - This paper examines the interdependent nexus between family stability and the geophysical environment, both as dependent and independent variables. The first hypothesis is conceptualized based on human ecology, theorizing the impact of the environment on human behavior. Environmental contexts in their geophysical concepts construct human behavior and affect marital relationships. It might lead to quality relationships between spouses resulting in family stability or predispose families to disintegration. The second hypothesis examines the impact of family stability on environmental sustainability, as married couples living in the same household consume fewer resources, including electricity, water, and fuel than divorced couples, who live in two separate households. Evidence from different countries indicates that soaring divorce rates has resulted in more households with fewer people and increased resource consumption globally.
KW - Divorce
KW - Environmental sustainability
KW - Family stability
KW - Geophysical environment
KW - Human ecology
KW - Sustainable development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129882528&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-76081-6_84
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-76081-6_84
M3 - Chapter in a published conference proceeding
SN - 9783030760809
T3 - Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation
SP - 669
EP - 674
BT - Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Deserts - Proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Desert Climates
A2 - Heggy, Essam
A2 - Bermudez, Veronica
A2 - Vermeersch, Marc
PB - Springer, Cham; Fondazione C.I.M.E., Florence
CY - Cham, Switzerland
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