Cultural approach to the perception of risk: Analysing concern about the siting of a high-level nuclear waste facility in Finland

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 212-219

  Litmanen, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cultural approach; Nuclear waste; Public concerns; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC CONCERNS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE FACILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 0033150264     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3070.1999.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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