Public Perceptions of Urban Air Pollution Risks

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Saksena, Sumeet ^a  

^a East West Center   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; livelihoods; poverty; public perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85179365527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1944-4079.1075     Document Type: Article

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