Household consumption, quality of life, and environmental impacts: A psychological perspective and empirical study

Green Households: Domestic Consumers, the Environment and Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 141-183

  Gatersleben, Birgitta ^a   Vlek, Charles A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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