How parents report their environmental attitudes: A case study from Greece

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-339

  Abeliotis, K ^a   Goussia Rizou, M ^a   Sdrali, D ^a   Vassiloudis, I ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Environmental attitudes; Greece; Parents; Primary school

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PARENTAL CARE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN AREA;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 77952241139     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-009-9197-0     Document Type: Article

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