Need for participatory and sustainable principles in India's EIA system: Lessons from the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-126

  Rajaram, T ^a   Das, Ashutosh ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental impact assessment; India; Panchayat; Participatory decision making; Sethusamudram

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746171651     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154606781765237     Document Type: Article

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