Communicating adaptation with emotions: The role of intense experiences in raising concern about extreme weather

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Vasileiadou, Eleftheria ^a,b   Botzen, Wouter J W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Availability heuristic; Extreme weather; Risk communication; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXTREME EVENT; HEURISTICS; RISK PERCEPTION; WEATHER;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84903704298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06474-190236     Document Type: Article

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