Using Public Transport Can Make Up for Flying Abroad on Holiday: Compensatory Green Beliefs and Environmentally Significant Behavior

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 184-204

  Kaklamanou, Daphne ^a   Jones, Christopher R ^b   Webb, Thomas L ^b   Walker, Stuart R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compensatory beliefs; conservation; ecological behavior; energy; environment; environmental attitudes

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84921030164     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916513488784     Document Type: Article

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