Bringing environmental psychology into action: Four steps from science to policy

European Psychologist

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 118-126

  Ernst, Andreas ^a   Wenzel, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Conservation (ecological behavior); Environmental psychology; Policy; Sustainability; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899484809     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: 1878531X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000174     Document Type: Article

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