'Getting rich is glorious': Environmental values in the People's Republic of China

Environmental Values

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-165

  Harris, Paul G ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Consumption; Environment; Globalisation; Values

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; GLOBALIZATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 3042777249     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/0963271041159831     Document Type: Article

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