"Is it really safe? That's what we want to know": Science, stories, and dangerous places

Professional Geographer

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-221

  Davis, Jeffrey Sasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bikini Atoll; Hazards; Place; Qualitative methods; Risk

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; RISK PERCEPTION;

BIKINI ATOLL; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

BIKINIA;

EID: 21244495951     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-0124.2005.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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