Promoting sustainability and pro-environmental behaviour through local government programmes: examples from London, UK

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 199-218

  Revell, Kristy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behaviour change; climate change; local authorities; London; sustainability; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890483416     PISSN: 1943815X     EISSN: 19438168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1943815X.2013.858752     Document Type: Article

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