Japanese citizens' preferences regarding voluntary carbon offsets: An experimental social survey of Yokohama and Kitakyushu

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  Nakamura, Hidenori ^a   Kato, Takaaki ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KITAKYUSHU   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Developing countries; Japan; Social survey; Voluntary carbon offset

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JAPANESE; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 84868223363     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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