A cross-national perspective on youth environmental attitudes

Environmentalist

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-144

  Boeve de Pauw, Jelle ^a   van Petegem, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cross national research; Environmental attitudes; Multilevel analysis; Natural environment; Youth

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; YOUNG POPULATION;

RICHES;

EID: 77951937449     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-009-9253-1     Document Type: Article

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