Getting over yuck: Moving from psychological to cultural and sociotechnical analyses of responses to water recycling

Water Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-35

  Russell, Stewart ^a   Lux, Colleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Judith Stubbs and Associates   (Australia)

Author keywords

Public consultation; Public responses; Water recycling; Yuck factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249176570     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.007     Document Type: Article

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