Self-interest and pro-environmental behaviour

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-125

  Evans, Laurel ^a,b   Maio, Gregory R ^a   Corner, Adam ^a   Hodgetts, Carl J ^a   Ahmed, Sameera ^a   Hahn, Ulrike ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ENVIRONMENTALISM; POLICY STRATEGY; RECYCLING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873177857     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1662     Document Type: Article

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