How do the media affect public perception of climate change and geohazards? An Italian case study

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 90-91, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-157

  Pasquaré, Federico A ^a   Oppizzi, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b Morbio Inferiore ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hazard; Hydrogeological; Media; Newspaper; TalTac

Indexed keywords

BROKEN DOWN; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME RAINFALL; GEOHAZARDS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; MEDIA; MEDIA REPRESENTATION; NEWSPAPER; PRINT MEDIA; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; SOFTWARE-BASED; STORYLINES; TWO SECTION;

DAMAGE DETECTION; HAZARDS; NEWSPRINT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; PERCEPTION; RAINFALL; SOFTWARE;

ITALY;

DELLA;

EID: 84861779393     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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