Mountaintop removal in West Virginia: An environmental sacrifice zone

Organization and Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-183

  Fox, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; MINING; MOUNTAIN REGION;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032792641     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026699122002     Document Type: Article

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