Transforming Consumption: From Decoupling, to Behavior Change, to System Changes for Sustainable Consumption

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 233-259

  O'Rourke, Dara ^a   Lollo, Niklas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Decoupling; Efficiency; Postgrowth economics; Sustainability transition; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DECOUPLING; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84946832227     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-102014-021224     Document Type: Article

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