The social and political meaning of the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Spill Science and Technology Bulletin

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 17-22

  Birkland, Thomas A ^a   Lawrence, Regina G ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exxon Valdez; Oil spills; Public policy

Indexed keywords

OIL SPILL;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MEDIA ROLE; OIL SPILL;

GULF OF ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036861491     PISSN: 13532561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-2561(02)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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