Rural Nevada and Climate Change: Vulnerability, Beliefs, and Risk Perception

A study of Nevada ranchers and farmers, which found that political orientation and local observations of climate change are the most prominent determinants of risk perception.

Date: 2012

Author:

Authors: Ahmad Saleh Safi, William James Smith, Zhnongwei Liu

Organization: Risk Analysis

Strategic Approach: Audiences, Engagement, Other

Type: General Resource

Author: Ahmad Saleh Safi, William James Smith, Zhnongwei Liu

Organization:

Organization: Risk Analysis

Strategic Approach: Audiences, Engagement, Other

Type: General Resource

Rural Nevada and Climate Change: Vulnerability, Beliefs, and Risk Perception

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