Absencing/presencing risk: Rethinking proximity and the experience of living with major technological hazards

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 864-872

  Bickerstaff, Karen ^a   Simmons, Peter ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absence; Everyday experience; Practices; Presence; Proximity; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; HAZARD; INSTALLATION; RISK FACTOR; RISK PERCEPTION; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70350780188     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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