Climate Change, Discretionary Air Travel, and the "Flyers' Dilemma"

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 462-475

  Higham, James E S ^a   Cohen, Scott A ^b   Cavaliere, Christina T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"flyers' dilemma" attitudes; behavior change; climate change; discretionary air travel

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

GERMANY; NORWAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888010250     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287513500393     Document Type: Article

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