Impacts of region-wide urban development on biodiversity in strategic environmental assessment

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-246

  Balfors, Berit ^a   Mörtberg, Ulla ^a   Gontier, Mikael ^a   Brokking, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Polycentricity; Scenarios; Strategic environmental assessment; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT LOSS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE MALAREN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [STOCKHOLM (CNT)]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 20444373368     PISSN: 14643332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1464333205002006     Document Type: Article

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