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Living Apart Together: Local Governments and Citizen Radiation Measuring Organizations After Fukushima Cover

Living Apart Together: Local Governments and Citizen Radiation Measuring Organizations After Fukushima

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Volume 7 (2022): Issue 1
By: Joke Kenens,  Bieke Abelshausen,  Turcanu Catrinel and  Ine Van Hoyweghen  
Open Access
|May 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.402 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
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Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 15, 2021
Accepted on: Feb 8, 2022
Published on: May 19, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
citizen science,
local government,
Fukushima,
infrastructure,
socio-technical imaginary

© 2022 Joke Kenens, Bieke Abelshausen, Turcanu Catrinel, Ine Van Hoyweghen, published by Ubiquity Press
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