Coal ash and risk: Four social interpretations of a pollution landscape

Landscape Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 481-497

  Broto, Vanesa Castán ^a,b   Tabbush, Paul ^a   Burningham, Kate ^b   Elghali, Lucia ^b   Edwards, David ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Coal ash pollution; Pollution landscape; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLLUTION; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547741174     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426390701449851     Document Type: Article

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