Is a residential relocation a good opportunity to change people's travel behavior?: Results from a theory-driven intervention study

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 820-840

  Bamberg, Sebastian ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habit; Theory of planned behavior; Theory driven intervention; Travel mode choice

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 33749541923     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916505285091     Document Type: Article

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