Deriving interventions on the basis of factors influencing behavioral intentions for waste recycling, composting, and reuse in Cuba

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 522-544

  Mosler, Hans Joachim ^a   Tamas, Andrea ^a   Tobias, Robert ^a   Rodríguez, Tamara Caballero ^b   Miranda, Omar Guzmán ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Cuba; Intervention; Structural equation modeling; Waste

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPOSTING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 45249084782     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916507300114     Document Type: Article

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