The bomb in my backyard, the serpent in my house: environmental justice, risk, and the colonisation of attachment

Environmental Politics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 853-873

  Groves, Christopher ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attachment; environmental justice; insecurity; lived future; place attachment; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GAS PIPELINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84940962506     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2015.1067348     Document Type: Article

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