EIA as regulation: Does it work?

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 393-412

  Christensen, Per ^a   Kørnøv, Lone ^a   Nielsen, Eskild Holm ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 16344385795     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560500067491     Document Type: Article

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