Model development for household waste prevention behaviour

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2195-2207

  Bortoleto, Ana Paula ^a   Kurisu, Kiyo H ^a   Hanaki, Keisuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioural modelling; Household waste; Structural equation modelling; Waste management; Waste prevention behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR MODELS; BEHAVIOURAL MODELLING; COGNITIVE FRAMEWORKS; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; INTEGRATED MODELS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; PERSONAL NORM; POSTAL SURVEY; SOCIAL NORM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS; SUBJECTIVE NORM; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR; WASTE PREVENTION;

RECYCLING; SURVEYS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL IMPLANT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870243993     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.05.037     Document Type: Article

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