More than money: how multiple factors influence householder participation in at-source stormwater management

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 79-97

  Brown, Helen L ^a,b   Bos, Darren G ^a   Walsh, Christopher J ^a   Fletcher, Tim D ^a   RossRakesh, Sharyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Melbourne Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

civic environmentalism; community participation; community trust; low impact development; stormwater management; theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; INCENTIVE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; STORMWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84947495008     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2014.984017     Document Type: Article

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