Voluntary carbon offsets a solution for reducing tourism emissions? assessment of communication aspects and mitigation potential

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-296

  Eijgelaar, Eke ^a  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon offset; Content analysis; Environmental behaviour; Mitigation; Online communication; Tourism emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CIVIL AVIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON OFFSETS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR; MITIGATION; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 79959255905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15677141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2011.11.3.2933     Document Type: Article

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