What makes strategic environmental assessment successful environmental assessment? The role of context in the contribution of SEA to decision-making

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-14

  Runhaar, Hens ^a   Driessen, Peter P J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Environmental impact assessment; Impact; Policy analysis; SEA; Strategic policy making; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247116973     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155107X190613     Document Type: Article

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