Disability and going green: A comparison of the environmental values and behaviours of persons with and without disability

Disability and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-484

  Lovelock, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disability; Ecological behaviour; Environmental values; Mobility; New Ecological Paradigm

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953306867     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687591003755856     Document Type: Article

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