Sustainable lifestyles in an urban context: Towards a holistic understanding of ethical consumer behaviours. Empirical evidence from Catalonia, Spain

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-188

  Papaoikonomou, Elen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethical consumer; Holistic; Spain; Sustainable lifestyle; Urban context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873462882     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2012.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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