Knowledge of and attitudes toward population growth and the environment: University students in Costa Rica and the United States

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-74

  Holl, Karen D ^a,b   Daily, Gretchen C ^a   Daily, Scott C ^a   Ehrlich, Paul R ^a   Bassin, Sarice ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental education; Environmental perceptions; Global change; Human population growth

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; PERCEPTION; POPULATION GROWTH; STUDENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COSTA RICA; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POPULATION GROWTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032904669     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892999000107     Document Type: Article

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