Strategic environmental assessment as an approach to assess waste management systems. Experiences from an Austrian case study

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 610-618

  Salhofer, Stefan ^a   Wassermann, Gudrun ^a   Binner, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Participation; Strategic environmental assessment; Waste management

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LAND FILL; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; WASTE TREATMENT;

LANDFILL TECHNOLOGIES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA); WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTEXT;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LANDFILL CAPPING; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33845706307     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.12.031     Document Type: Article

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