The car versus sustainable transportation: a case study of youth attitudes, values, and behaviours at PCVS

Abstract

This study with students at Peterborough Collegiate Vocational School attempts to understand how youth feel towards the car and sustainable transportation, how this is shaped by age, and how environmental knowledge shapes student behaviours.

    Item Description
    Type
    Genre
    Contributors
    Date Issued
    2002
    Date (Unspecified)
    2002
    Language
    Table Of Contents

    Introduction -- Literature review. Environmental attitudes. Psycho-spatial dimension of environmental perceptions. Environmental knowledge. Geography of children and youth. Automobile use -- Methodology. Student survey questionnaire. Focus groups. Participant observation -- Results. Survey questionnaire. Focus groups. E.C.O.S. and Gr. 12 presentations -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References.

    Extent
    48 p. : ill. (charts). ; 29 cm.
    Rights
    Copyright is held by the author(s), with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.
    Dewey Classification
    360
    Local Identifier
    TCRC Project ID: 125
    Note

    by Lyndsey Corrigan. --

    Includes: Literature Review, Final research report, Bibliography.

    Completed for: Jackie Donaldson at Peterborough Green-Up ; Supervising Professor: Alan Brunger, Trent University, Trent Centre for Community-based education.

    Date of project submission: April 2003.

    Includes bibliographic references (p. 29).

    GEOG 470 ,Geography, Community-based research project.