Public perception of climate change in China: Results from the questionnaire survey

Natural Hazards

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 459-472

  Yu, Hao ^a   Wang, Bing ^a   Zhang, Yue Jun ^a   Wang, Shouyang ^b   Wei, Yi Ming ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Individual actions; Public perception; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FISCAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TAX SYSTEM;

CHINA;

EID: 84884900720     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0711-1     Document Type: Article

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