Regulating nature: Public understanding and moral reasoning

Nature and Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-167

  Lidskog, Rolf ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Environmental regulation; Moral reasoning; Public understanding of science; Risk; Spraying; Trust

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOPESTICIDE; CULTURAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; MOSQUITO; NATURE CONSERVATION; PEST CONTROL; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGULATORY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK PERCEPTION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

SWEDEN;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 80052231036     PISSN: 15586073     EISSN: 15585468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/nc.2011.060203     Document Type: Article

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