The theory of planned behaviour as a model for predicting public opposition to wind farm developments

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-76

  Read, Darryl L ^a   Brown, Rhonda F ^b   Thorsteinsson, Einar B ^a   Morgan, Methuen ^a   Price, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Canberra Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intentions; Opposition; Past behaviour; Subjective norms; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881227173     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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