Exploring people's viewpoints on air travel and climate change: Understanding inconsistencies

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 271-290

  Kroesen, Maarten ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

air travel; behavioural studies; climate change; environmental attitudes; Q factor analysis; quantitative research

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84874123126     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2012.692686     Document Type: Article

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