Treatment of biodiversity issues in impact assessment of electricity power transmission lines: A Finnish case review

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-338

  Söderman, Tarja ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity impact assessment; Electricity power transmission; Environmental impact assessment; Power lines; Process review

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POWER LINES; PROCESS REVIEW;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASELINE SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IMPACT; POWER LINE; STAKEHOLDER;

ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 33646007349     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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