'Cyanide kills!' Environmental movements and the construction of environmental risk at Roşia Montanǎ, Romania

Area

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 443-451

  Vesalon, Lucian ^a   Creţan, Remus ^a  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Environmental movements; Environmental risks; NGOs; Romania; Ro ia Montan

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENVIRONMENTALISM; GOLD; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MINING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84887178141     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/area.12049     Document Type: Article

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