Environmentalist in business class: An analysis of air travel and environmental attitude

Transport Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 733-751

  Lassen, Claus ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

DENMARK;

EID: 78149403559     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441641003736556     Document Type: Article

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