Proximity to coast is linked to climate change belief

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Milfont, Taciano L ^a   Evans, Laurel ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^b   Ries, Jan ^a   Cunningham, Andrew ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POLITICS; POPULATION RISK; POVERTY; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; AGED; CLIMATE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MIDDLE AGED; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84904646926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103180     Document Type: Article

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