The songlines of risk

Environmental Values

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-152

  Jasanoff, Sheila ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Causation; Environmental risk; Risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032837725     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327199129341761     Document Type: Article

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