Impact assessment procedures for sustainable development: A complexity theory perspective

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 645-665

  Nooteboom, Sibout ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DHV Management Consultants ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive networks; Complexity theories; Governance capacity; Impact Assessment; Requisite variety; Sustainable development; Transition management

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; COMPLEX NETWORKS; PLANNING;

ADAPTIVE NETWORKS; COMPLEXITY THEORIES; GOVERNANCE CAPACITY; REQUISITE VARIETY; TRANSITION MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMPLEXITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADAPTIVE NETWORKS; COMPLEXITY THEORY; GOVERNANCE CAPACITY; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; REQUISITE VARIETY; TRANSITION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548172738     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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