An exploration of household response to personal travel carbon-reduction targets

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-159

  Tight, Miles R ^a   Vicat, Alison ^b   Bristow, Abigail L ^c   Pridmore, Alison ^d   May, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b JMP Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Capita Health Solutions   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon reduction; Personal travel; Sustainability; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010509536     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568310601113769     Document Type: Article

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