From impact assessment to effective management plans: Learning from the Great Brak Estuary in South Africa

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-204

  Slinger, Jill H ^a   Huizinga, Piet ^b   Taljaard, Susan ^b   van Niekerk, Lara ^b   Enserink, Bert ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; EIA follow up; Freshwater requirements; Mouth breaching; Public participation; Water management

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRESHWATER; MONITORING SYSTEM;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 27644547370     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154605781765562     Document Type: Article

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