A psychosocial analysis of the human-sanitation nexus

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-346

  Dellström Rosenquist, Louise Emilia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culture; Denial; Disgust; Ecological sanitation; Ecology; Excrement; Norms and attitudes; Perception of nature; Sustainability; Toilet; WC

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244486480     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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