Dealing with pollution from conflict: Analysis of discourses around the 2006 Lebanon oil spill

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 887-896

  Takshe, Aseel A ^a,c   Huby, Meg ^a   Frantzi, Sofia ^b   Lovett, Jon C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discourses; International conventions; Lebanon; Oil spill; Q methodology; War damage

Indexed keywords

FUEL OIL;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; WAR;

ARTICLE; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; ISRAEL; LAW; LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION; WAR;

ISRAEL; LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77949288238     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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