Supporters and Opponents of Potable Recycled Water: Culture and Cognition in the Toowoomba Referendum

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 980-995

  Price, Jennifer ^a   Fielding, Kelly ^b   Leviston, Zoe ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

community acceptance; cultural theory; motivated social cognition; potable recycled water; Toowoomba

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DRINKING WATER; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECYCLING; REFERENDUM; RISK PERCEPTION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TOOWOOMBA;

EID: 84865245576     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2012.656185     Document Type: Article

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