Conceptualising and analysing household attitudes and actions to a growing environmental problem. Development and application of a framework to guide local waste policy

Applied Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 226-247

  Barr, Stewart ^a   Gilg, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Exeter; Household recycling; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23844433382     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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