Built environment and human behaviour challenges to sustainable consumption: A gap analysis

Ethics and Morality in Consumption: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 189-214

  Newton, Peter W ^a   Meyer, Denny ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84979520573     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315764320     Document Type: Chapter

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