Environmental concerns and the new environmental paradigm in Bulgaria

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 25-40

  Bostrom, Ann ^a   Barke, Richard ^a   Turaga, Rama Mohana R ^a   O'Connor, Robert E ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental concerns; New environmental paradigm; Risk management; Risk perception; Transitional economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745941760     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.37.3.25-40     Document Type: Article

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