Living lightly: How does climate change feature in residential home improvements and what are the implications for Policy?

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-72

  Maller, Cecily J ^a   Horne, Ralph E ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental concern; Home improvement; Housing consumption; Social practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951842326     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2011.539514     Document Type: Article

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