Impact of oil and gas drilling in Trinidad: Factors influencing environmental attitudes and behaviours within three rural wetland communities

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-21

  Baptiste, A Karen ^a   Nordenstam, Brenda J ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Environmental attitude; Oil and gas drilling; Rural communities; Trinidad; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDE; OIL AND GAS DRILLING; RURAL COMMUNITIES; TRINIDAD;

BORING; DRILLING; ECOLOGY; GASES; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WETLANDS;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

COASTAL ZONE; DECISION MAKING; DRILLING; OIL FIELD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SWAMP;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 70350566605     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892909005268     Document Type: Article

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