Come rain or shine? Public expectation on local weather change and differential effects on climate change attitude

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 928-942

  Lo, Alex Y ^a   Jim, C Y ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

climate change attitude; climate change communication; Hong Kong; local weather; risk perception

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; WEATHER;

ATTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; WEATHER;

EID: 84943229280     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662513517483     Document Type: Article

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