Environmental Views from the Coast: Public Concern about Local to Global Marine Issues

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-74

  Hamilton, Lawrence C ^a   Safford, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

CERA; coastal; environmental attitudes; environmental concern; interaction; marine; partisanship; place effects; sea level; survey methods

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028137951     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2014.933926     Document Type: Article

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