Mission impossible: Does environmental impact assessment in Denmark secure a holistic approach to the environment?

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-314

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

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; EIA; Environment; Holistic

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; PLANNING PRACTICE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 31644447529     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154605781765427     Document Type: Article

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