Civic responsibility and the environment: Linking local conditions to community environmental activeness

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-112

  Parisi, Domenico ^a   Taquino, Michael ^a   Grice, Steven Michael ^a   Gill, Duane A ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic responsibility; Community economic resources; Community environmental activeness; Community social capital; Community spatial identity; Key informants

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; GIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442312946     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920490261212     Document Type: Article

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