Alien still life: Distilling the toxic logics of the rocky flats national wildlife refuge

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-290

  Krupar, Shiloh R ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANUP; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECOMMISSIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHICS; NUCLEAR WEAPON; TOXICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

COLORADO; ROCKY FLATS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954522623     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d12809     Document Type: Article

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