Environmental risk perception and well-being: Effects of the landfill siting process in two southern Ontario communities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 1139-1154

  Wakefield, Sarah ^a   Elliott, Susan J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Environmental decision making; Psychosocial health and well being; Risk society

Indexed keywords

LANDFILL; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE SELECTION;

CANADA; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; RISK; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETY; STRESS; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033967654     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00361-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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