Public meetings about local waste management problems: Comparing participants to nonparticipants

Environmental Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 135-147

  McCOMAS, KATHERINE A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Credibility; Public meetings; Representation; Risk perceptions

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035106340     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002670010139     Document Type: Article

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