Why do neighbors have different environmental priorities? Analysis of environmental risk perception in a Beirut neighborhood

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 423-435

  El Zein, Abbas ^a   Nasrallah, Rola ^b   Nuwayhid, Iman ^b   Kai, Lea ^b   Makhoul, Jihad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Environmental risk perception; Middle East; Participatory management; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK PERCEPTION; MIDDLE EAST; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; URBAN ENVIRONMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RISK PERCEPTION; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; BEIRUT; BEYROUTH; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33645296857     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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