Psychological parameters to understand and manage the NIMBY effect

Revue europeenne de psychologie appliquee

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-51

  Pol, E ^a   Di Masso, A ^a   Castrechini, A ^a   Bonet, M R ^a   Vidal, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental conflict; Environmental psychology; NIMBY effect; Perceived risk; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144478102     PISSN: 11629088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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