Making the way to the university environmentally sustainable: A segmentation approach

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Fürst, Elmar ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Corporate strategies; Customer segmentation; Environmental sustainability; Mode choice; Public transportation

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION;

ATTITUDES; CORPORATE STRATEGIES; CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MODE CHOICE; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84902958506     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2014.05.017     Document Type: Article

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