Gender, political ideology, and climate change beliefs in an extractive industry community

Population and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-234

  Davidson, Debra J ^a   Haan, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta, Canada; Attitudes; Beliefs; Climate change; Environmental concern; Gender; Political ideology

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENDER; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84869083637     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-011-0156-y     Document Type: Article

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