Generational gaps and paradoxes regarding electricity consumption and saving

Nature and Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-203

  Schmidt, Luísa ^a   Horta, Ana ^a   Correia, Augusta ^b   Fonseca, Susana ^b  

^a ICS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Family; Intergenerational relations; Scarcity; Sociology of energy; Youth

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84903983570     PISSN: 15586073     EISSN: 15585468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/nc.2014.090205     Document Type: Article

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