Future governance of individual energy consumption behavior change—A framework for reflexive designs

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 35, Issue , 2018, Pages 140-151

  Bornemann, Basil ^a   Sohre, Annika ^a   Burger, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Energy behavior governance; Governance design; Individual energy consumption behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035093178     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.040     Document Type: Article

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