Flood apprentices: An exercise in making things public

Economy and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 582-610

  Whatmore, Sarah J ^a   Landström, Catharina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competency groups; computer modelling; environmental knowledge controversies; flood risk management; hybrid forums; knowledge polities

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD; KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84856313097     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2011.602540     Document Type: Article

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