Sustainable development objectives in impact assessment: Why are they needed and where do they come from?

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-371

  Hacking, Theophilus ^a   Guthrie, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Objectives led; Significance criteria; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33750161078     PISSN: 14643332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1464333206002554     Document Type: Article

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