Facing an uncertain economic future: Environmental management spending and rural regions surrounding the U.S. DOE's nuclear weapons facilities

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-97

  Greenberg, Michael ^a   Miller, Tyler Miller ^a   Frisch, Michael ^a   Lewis, David ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Environmental management; Nuclear weapon sites; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037302834     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690302937     Document Type: Article

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