Why solar radiation management geoengineering and democracy won't mix

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2809-2816

  Szerszynski, Bronislaw ^a   Kearnes, Matthew ^b   Macnaghten, Phil ^c,d   Owen, Richard ^e   Stilgoe, Jack ^f  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Geosciences   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democracy; Geoengineering; Governance; Politics; Social constitution of technology; Solar radiation management

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; POLICY APPROACH; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84890348522     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a45649     Document Type: Article

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