Public opposition to a proposed nuclear waste repository in Canada: An investigation of cultural and economic effects

Risk Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 293-302

  Hine, Donald W ^a   Summers, Craig ^a   Prystupa, Mark ^a   McKenzie Richer, Antoinette ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginals; Canada; Nuclear waste; Risk perceptions

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINALS; CANADA;

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RISK PERCEPTION;

PUBLIC RISKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MUCLEAR WASTE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPPOSITION; SITE SELECTION; WASTE REPOSITORY;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; NUCLEAR WASTE; POLICY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITING; TECHNOLOGY;

CANADA, CANADIAN SHIELD;

EID: 0031171201     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb00867.x     Document Type: Article

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