The gap between global issues and personal behaviors: Pro-environmental behaviors of citizens toward climate change in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 773-783

  Lin, Shis Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Climate change; Global warming; Mitigation; Pro environmental behavior; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; PERCEPTION;

KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 84879842918     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-012-9387-1     Document Type: Article

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