Grand challenges in environmental psychology

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue APR, 2016, Pages

  Sörqvist, Patrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Built environment; Environmental psychology; Grand challenges; Natural environment; Sociophysical environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974566662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00583     Document Type: Note

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