Environmental risk, uncertainty, and participation: Mapping an emergent epistemic community

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2990-3008

  Chilvers, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MAPPING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65749096289     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a39279     Document Type: Article

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