Environmental psychology and sustainable consumption

Handbook of Research on Sustainable Consumption

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 70-83

  Steg, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84955490888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781783471270.00012     Document Type: Chapter

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