Developing sustainability-oriented values: Insights from households in a trial of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-80

  Axsen, Jonn ^a   Kurani, Kenneth S ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Narrative; Plug in hybrid vehicle; Sustainability; Values

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PETROLEUM; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84872608901     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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