A model of sustainable living: Collective identity in an urban ecovillage

Organization and Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-54

  Ergas, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Ecovillages; Environmental movements; Intentional communities; Political opportunity structure

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTALISM; MODELING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 77649194400     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026609360324     Document Type: Article

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