Deliberative Mapping of options for tackling climate change: Citizens and specialists ‘open up’ appraisal of geoengineering

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 269-286

  Bellamy, Rob ^a   Chilvers, Jason ^b   Vaughan, Naomi E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; framing risk; governance of science and technology; public participation; risk perception; technology assessment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ENGLAND; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; PROCEDURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ENGLAND; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 84962026451     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662514548628     Document Type: Article

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