Power relations: The politics of risk and procedure in nuclear waste governance

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1881-1900

  Chilvers, Jason ^a   Burgess, Jacquelin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50549086354     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a40334     Document Type: Article

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