Ecological habitus: Toward a better understanding of socioecological relations

Organization and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-326

  Kasper, Debbie V S ^a  

^a SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological habitus; Environmental behavior; Socioecological; Theory

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; MODERNIZATION; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL THEORY; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 70350504175     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026609343098     Document Type: Article

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