What can be done to reduce overconsumption?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-41

  Brown, Paul M ^a,b   Cameron, Linda D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Div Sci Technol (Tamaki C   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intervention programs; Overconsumption; Resources

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033980597     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00093-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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