A multi-country level analysis of the environmental attitudes and behaviours among young consumers

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1532-1548

  do Paço, Arminda ^a   Alves, Helena ^a   Shiel, Chris ^b   Filho, Walter Leal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

environmental attitudes; environmental behaviours; environmental marketing; environmental values

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; MARKETING; NATURE CONSERVATION;

ENGLAND; GERMANY; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84887111288     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.733310     Document Type: Article

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