Factors influencing private and public environmental protection behaviors: Results from a survey of residents in Shaanxi, China

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-436

  Feng, Wang ^a   Reisner, Ann ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental behavior; Environmental importance; Environmental knowledge; Gender; Public participation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; NATURAL RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; GENDER; MOST LIKELY; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE CONSERVATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENDER; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; SHAANXI;

EID: 78650523441     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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