Habitual behaviors or patterns of practice? Explaining and changing repetitive climate-relevant actions

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-128

  Kurz, Tim ^a   Gardner, Benjamin ^b   Verplanken, Bas ^c   Abraham, Charles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BEHAVIOR PATTERNS; DELIBERATIVE PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES; HABITUAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; SOCIAL PRACTICES; SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84914818777     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.327     Document Type: Review

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