Measuring cultural values and beliefs about environment to identify their role in climate change responses

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-20

  Price, Jennifer C ^a   Walker, Iain A ^a   Boschetti, Fabio ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cultural theory; Environmental values; Measurement; Myths of nature; Pro environmental behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889062894     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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