Biodiversity in environmental assessment-current practice and tools for prediction

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-286

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

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Environmental impact assessment; GIS based ecological modelling; Prediction tools; Road and railway projects; Strategic environmental assessment

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MODELING; PREDICTION TOOLS; ROAD AND RAILWAY PROJECTS; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FRAGMENTATION; GIS; HABITAT; HABITAT LOSS;

EID: 33645851034     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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