India's middle classes and the environment

Development and Change

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-103

  Mawdsley, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 16544362210     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2004.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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