Community perceptions of carbon sequestration: Insights from California

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Wong Parodi, Gabrielle ^a   Ray, Isha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Community; Public perceptions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP; US ENERGY POLICY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70449715209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/3/034002     Document Type: Article

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