The bicycle and the city: Desires and emotions versus attitudes, habits and norms

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-83

  Passafaro, Paola ^a   Rimano, Alessandra ^b   Piccini, Maria Paola ^c   Metastasio, Renata ^a   Gambardella, Valeria ^a   Gullace, Gisella ^a   Lettieri, Consolata ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Universita Pontificia Salesiana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Bicycle; Emotions; Past behaviour; Sustainable mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892861215     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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