Models of risk construction: Some applications to climate change

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 857-870

  Breakwell, Glynis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CLIMATE MODELS; HAZARDS; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRIC PARADIGM; SOCIAL AMPLIFICATION OF RISKS; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79956284875     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.74     Document Type: Review

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