A community psychology view of environmental organization processes

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 146-166

  Dean, Julie H ^a   Bush, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Diversity; Environmental organizations; Multiple levels of analysis; Psychosocial processes; Socially and ecologically sustainable futures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34547165911     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-007-9123-2     Document Type: Article

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