The ethical significance of language in the environmental sciences: Case studies from pollution research

Ethics, Place and Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-173

  Elliott, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ETHICS; LANGUAGE;

EID: 74949142702     PISSN: 1366879X     EISSN: 14696703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668790902863382     Document Type: Article

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