Ecological risks and community perceptions of fairness and justice: A cross-cultural model

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-119

  Syme, Geoffrey J ^a   Kals, Elisabeth ^b   Nancarrow, Blair E ^a   Montada, Leo ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community; Ecological risks; Equity; Fairness judgments; Justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544436650     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030500430443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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