Rationalizing environmental responsibilities: A comparison of lay publics in the UK and the Netherlands

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-234

  Harrison, Carolyn M ^a   Burgess, Jacquelin ^a   Filius, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR; PUBLIC ATTITUDES;

NETHERLANDS, EINDHOVEN; UK, ENGLAND, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NOTTINGHAM;

EID: 0030176747     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-3780(96)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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