Cross-national variation in the size of passenger car fleets: A study in environmentally significant consumption

Population and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-140

  York, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cars; Demography and the environment; Environmentally significant consumption; Motorization

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 1842713113     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:POEN.0000015561.68517.08     Document Type: Article

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