Environmental action in the home: Investigating the 'value-action' gap

Geography

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-54

  Barr, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33645122034     PISSN: 00167487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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