Environmental assessment after the 2004 tsunami: A case study, lessons and prospects

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-52

  Spaling, Harry ^a   Vroom, Bryan ^b  

^a KING S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community environmental assessment; Housing; Indonesia; Post disaster EIA; Reconstruction; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RECONSTRUCTION; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34247131351     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155107X190622     Document Type: Article

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