My country or my planet? Exploring the influence of multiple place attachments and ideological beliefs upon climate change attitudes and opinions

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-79

  Devine Wright, Patrick ^a   Price, Jennifer ^b   Leviston, Zoe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ideological beliefs; Place attachment; Place identity; Scale

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOMINANCE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; IDEOLOGY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SURVEY;

EID: 84919625678     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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