The NEP scale: Measuring ecological attitudes/worldviews in an African context

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1477-1494

  Ogunbode, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; New Ecological Paradigm; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SUSTAINABILITY;

IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO;

EID: 84887148964     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-013-9446-0     Document Type: Article

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