Public Perception of geoengineering and its consequences for public debate

Climatic Change

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 305-318

  Scheer, Dirk ^a   Renn, Ortwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ATTITUDE FORMATION; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GEOENGINEERING; PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS; PUBLIC OPINIONS; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; VALUES AND BELIEFS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84905408693     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1177-1     Document Type: Article

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