Environmental beliefs and endorsement of sustainable development principles in water conservation: Toward a new human interdependence paradigm scale

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 703-725

  Corral Verdugo, Víctor ^a,f   Carrus, Giuseppe ^b   Bonnes, Mirilia ^c   Moser, Gabriel ^d   Sinha, Jai B P ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d University René Descartes

^e ASSERT Institute of Management Studies

^f NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Environmental beliefs; Human interdependence paradigm; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

NATURE CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; INDIA; ITALY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48749127834     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916507308786     Document Type: Article

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