"Because we've got history here": Nuclear waste, cooperative siting, and the relational geography of a complex issue

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2611-2628

  Bickerstaff, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absent presence; Nuclear waste; Relational geography; Siting controversy

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION POLICY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84870744758     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44583     Document Type: Article

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