Effectiveness of environmental offsets in environmental impact assessment: Practitioner perspective from Western Australia

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-218

  Hayes, Nicole ^a   Morrison Saunders, Angus ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental compensation; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental offsets; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MITIGATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34948836316     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155107X227126     Document Type: Article

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