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Author:   Asa Boholm ,  Ragnar E. Lofstedt
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138990876

ISBN 10:   1138990876
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   28 February 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction * The Importance of Context in Siting Controversies: The Case of High-level Nuclear Waste in the US * Where Does It Go? Siting Methods and Social Representations of Radioactive Waste in France * Institutional Thinking in Siting Conflicts: The Case of stripa Mine * Siting Conflicts in Renewable Energy Projects: Biogas Case Study * The Smell of Money: Minor Risks and Olfactory Sensibilities (Anatomy of a Protest) * Living with Technological Risk: Industrial Encroachment on Sense of Place * Visualizing Place and Belonging: Landscape Refined in a Swedish Farming Community * Shifting Risks: Hoover Dam Impacts on American Indian Sacred Landscapes * The Invention of a Minority: A Case from the Aragonese Pyrenees * Schismogenesis in a Swedish Case of Rail Track Planning * When Complexity Becomes a Problem: 'Law' and 'Fairness' on Separate Tracks in Sweden * Notes * References * Index

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Asa Boholm is Professor of Social Anthropology at the School of Public Administration, Goteborg University, Sweden. Ragnar E Lofstedt is a Professor in Risk Management and the Director of the Centre for Risk Management, Department of Geography, School of Social Science and Public Policy, Kings College London, UK. He is a renowned expert on risk communication and regulation issues and is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Risk Research and on the editorial board of Risk Analysis.

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