Are we all environmentalists now? Rhetoric and reality in environmental action

Geoforum

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-249

  Barr, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviours; Conceptual framework; Environmental action; Exeter; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1442338742     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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