A smarter choice? exploring the behaviour change agenda for environmentally sustainable mobility

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Barr, Stewart ^a   Prillwitz, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Travel Behaviour Researcher   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural change policy; Choice architectures; Social practices; Sustainable mobility

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; MOBILITY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84893391823     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c1201     Document Type: Article

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