Virtual nature: The future effects of information technology on our relationship to nature

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-226

  Levi, Daniel ^a   Kocher, Sara ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0033040480     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00139169921972065     Document Type: Article

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