'Helping People Make Better Choices': Exploring the behaviour change agenda for environmental sustainability

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 712-720

  Barr, Stewart ^a   Gilg, Andrew ^a   Shaw, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Climate change; Social marketing; Sustainable lifestyles

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78651544211     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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