Sustainable consumption: Green consumer behaviour when purchasing products

Sustainable Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-31

  Young, William ^a   Hwang, Kumju ^b   McDonald, Seonaidh ^c   Oates, Caroline J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Consumer; Consumption; Environmental; Ethical; Green; Purchase; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ETHICS; LIFESTYLE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 74949101896     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.394     Document Type: Article

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