Making environmental impact assessment convincible to developing countries

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-189

  Sankoh, O A ^a,b  

^a NJALA UNIVERSITY   (Sierra Leone)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental compatibility; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental impact assessment studies; Environmental impact description; Ex post evaluation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

ADVERSE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT DESCRIPTION; EX-POST EVALUATIONS; NEW PROJECTS; POLITICAL INFLUENCES; PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; POLICY;

ADOPTION RATE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PROJECT IMPACT;

EID: 0030153450     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1996.0044     Document Type: Article

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