Faulty Environments and Risk Reasoning: The Local Understanding of Industrial Hazards
- 24 July 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 31 (7) , 1311-1326
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a311311
Abstract
Building upon a detailed empirical analysis of the local understanding of hazards in one geographical area, in this paper we offer a critique of both the psycho...Keywords
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