Climate change beliefs and perceptions of agricultural risks: An application of the exchangeability method

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-81

  Menapace, Luisa ^a   Colson, Gregory ^b   Raffaelli, Roberta ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Exchangeability method; Subjective risk perceptions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIEBACK; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FUNGAL DISEASE; HAIL; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ORCHARD; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VINE;

ITALY;

ERYSIPHALES; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VITACEAE;

EID: 84940394606     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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