Abstract
This study aimed to determine, using internet questionnaire survey, the impact of emotional factors such as place attachment to Tokyo Bay and climate change anxiety in local residents' efforts to take climate change mitigation and adaptation actions in Tokyo Bay’s coastal areas; this region is susceptible to storm surges and other climate change impacts. An Internet survey of 864 adults (men and women) aged 18–69, living in the Tokyo Bay coastal area revealed that higher place attachment and state anxiety led to more climate actions. However, the magnitude of their effects varied according to climate action. Place attachment was considered to be more influential than state anxiety in adaptation and long-term mitigating behaviors, whereas state anxiety and place attachment were considered to be equally influential in current mitigating behaviors. Characteristic anxiety was not significantly associated with climate change.
