Issues and dilemmas in ecological scoping: Scientific, procedural and economic perspectives

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-63

  Mandelik, Yael ^a,b   Dayan, Tamar ^a   Feitelson, Eran ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cumulative effects; Ecological impact assessment; Ecosystem perspective; Israel; Scoping

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17744387708     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154605781765724     Document Type: Article

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