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Environmental issues and human behaviour in low-income areas in the UK A report to the Economic and Social Research Council by Anne Power and Jake Elster CASEreport 31 November 2005 i Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion The ESRC Research Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) was established in October 1997 with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. It is located within the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and benefits from support from STICERD. It is directed by Howard Glennerster, John Hills, Kathleen Kiernan, Julian Le Grand, Anne Power and Carol Propper. Our Discussion Paper series is available free of charge. We also produce summaries of our research in CASEbriefs and CASEreports. To subscribe to the CASEpaper series, or for further information on the work of the Centre and our seminar series please contact the Centre Manager, Jane Dickson: Telephone: UK+20 7955 6679 Fax: UK+20 7955 6951 Email: j.dickson@lse.ac.uk Website: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case © Anne Power and Jake Elster All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission, provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. ii Contents Non-technical Summary 1 1. Background 4 2. Objectives 5 3. Methods 6 - Overview of existing evidence - Low-income areas study - In our interviews with local managers - Think-tank event - Analysis - Ethical considerations 4. Results 7 A) Overview o