Obstacles to sustainable living in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-55

  Salonen, Arto O ^a   Åhlberg, Mauri ^b  

^a Helsinki Metropolia UAS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitude behavior gap; Behavior change; Societal change; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Sustainable living

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876043646     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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