Are green residential developments attracting environmentally savvy homeowners?

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 234-243

  Hostetler, Mark ^a   Noiseux, Krystal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Environmental behavior; Environmental knowledge; Green development; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; GREEN DEVELOPMENT; MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES; POST CONSTRUCTION; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GREENSPACE; HOMEOWNERSHIP; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74149090377     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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