Sociological ambivalence and climate change

Local Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-321

  Carolan, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviours; Climate change; Global warming; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77951265375     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549831003677662     Document Type: Article

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