Governing and governed by practices: Exploring interventions in low-carbon housing policy and practice

Social Practices, Intervention and Sustainability: Beyond Behaviour Change

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 95-111

  Macrorie, Rachel ^a   Foulds, Chris ^b   Hargreaves, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84961114220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315816494     Document Type: Chapter

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