Environmental impact assessment follow-up: Good practice and future directions — findings from a workshop at the iaia 2000 conference

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-185

  Arts, Jos ^a   Caldwell, Paula ^a   Morrison Saunders, Angus ^a  

^a Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental impact assessment; Follow up; International practice; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MONITORING;

EID: 0035202692     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154601781767014     Document Type: Article

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