Cultural myths of human and physical nature: Integrated or separated?

Risk Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-40

  Grendstad, Gunnar ^a   Selle, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cultural biases; Culture; Myths of nature; Risk; Worldview

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CULTURAL BIASES; CULTURAL MYTHS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; NATURAL SCIENCE; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORY;

EID: 0034100230     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0272-4332.00003     Document Type: Article

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