Attitude-behavior consistency in household water consumption

Social Science Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 455-463

  Wolters, Erika Allen ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude behavior consistency; New Environmental Paradigm (NEP); Oregon water policy; Water conservation behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905503341     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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