The cultural dimension of sustainable consumption practices: An exploration in theory and policy

Innovations in Sustainable Consumption: New Economics, Socio-Technical Transitions and Social Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 229-252

  Spaargaren, Gert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85039697694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781001349.00022     Document Type: Chapter

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