How near is near? The distance perceptions of residents of a nuclear emergency planning zone

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-182

  Giordano, Alberto ^a   Anderson, Sharolyn ^b   He, Xueqin ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency planning zone; Nuclear risk management; Perceived distance; Physical distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885851583     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2010.0031     Document Type: Article

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