How scale affects environmental impact assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-310

  João, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amount of detail; Environmental impact assessment; Quality control; Scale effects; Spatial extent

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSES; ROADS AND STREETS;

SCALE EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GIS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SCALE EFFECT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036696249     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-9255(02)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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