Public opinions on biological diversity in Norway: Politics, science, or culture?

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 290-299

  Seippel, Ørnulf ^a   de Marchi, Bruna ^b   Garnåsjordet, Per Arild ^c   Aslaksen, Iulie ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Statistics Norway ^*  (Norway)

^d Iulie Aslaksen   (Norway)

Author keywords

biodiversity; politics; public opinion; science; values

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL RELATIONS; DECISION MAKING; HEURISTICS; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

NORWAY;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84871167096     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291951.2012.744091     Document Type: Article

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