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The residential Mongolian yurt is representative of nomadic culture and its mobile residences. Behavior forms the closest connection the environment and people. There is almost no research about the residence and lifestyle of Mongolian yurt dwellers from the perspective of housing behavior. This study applied grounded theoretical methods to analyze the theoretical model of the influence mechanism of Mongolian yurt dwelling on behavior. Interviews were conducted according to the principle of purposive sampling, and were summarized in five categories: production lifestyle, natural environment, residential characteristics, cultural beliefs, and emotional experience. Production lifestyle is the core category and the critical factor in dwelling behavior, which interacts with the other main categories. Pastoral policy is the factor that has worked most quickly and directly to influence housing in yurts. Mongolians living in yurts on the prairie show higher satisfaction compared to those in urban housing, which is related to the Mongolian advocacy for nature and freedom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Chinese government has highlighted the crucial role of energy conservation in its 2014–2020 energy strategy plan, where the residential sector inevitably takes great responsibility. One big move was the implementation of the tiered-electricity pricing (TEP) system, which intends to motivate electricity saving behavior and address cross-subsidization issue. This paper therefore attempts to investigate the effectiveness of the TEP, i.e., whether the TEP has attained its anticipated electricity conservation outcome. The empirical study was carried out in 14 cities in China's Guangxi Province using a survey method. The survey data demonstrated that there were more than half of the respondents (52.8%) affirmed that the TEP had encouraged them to save electricity. Regression results show that the TEP performance was significantly associated with respondents' electricity expenditures and their income levels. Moreover, respondents' electricity-saving attitudes, awareness and literacy were also found to be the critical driving forces to improve the effectiveness of TEP. The key drawn policy implication is that the TEP price magnitudes should be increased further, while the adjustment of the magnitudes should not neglect residents' income levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]