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Social and political amplification of technological hazards: The case of the PEPCON explosion

  • Texas S. Univ., 3100 Cleburne A.
  • 7001 E. Williams Fld. Rd., B.
  • Arizona State Univ., Tempe, A.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15-25
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Hazardous Materials
Volume114
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 18 2004
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Waste Management and Disposal
  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Keywords

  • Focusing event
  • Industrial explosion
  • PEPCON
  • Risk amplification
  • Technological hazards

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