Contested environmental hazards and community conflict over relocation

Rural Sociology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 491-513

  Shriver, Thomas E ^a   Kennedy, Dennis K ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29444444411     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601105775012679     Document Type: Article

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