Nuclear power in australia: A comparative analysis of public opinion regarding climate change and the fukushima disaster

Energy Policy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 644-653

  Bird, Deanne K ^a   Haynes, Katharine ^a   van den Honert, Rob ^a   McAneney, John ^a   Poortinga, Wouter ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy futures; Public attitudes

Indexed keywords

2011 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES; BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC PRODUCTION; ENERGY FUTURE; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI; PUBLIC ATTITUDES; USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84890312422     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.09.047     Document Type: Article

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