Impact significance determination-Designing an approach

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 730-754

  Lawrence, David P ^a  

^a PO Station A   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative approach; Composite approaches; Impact significance determination; Reasoned argumentation approach; Technical approach

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COLLABORATIVE APPROACH; COMPOSITE APPROACHES; IMPACT SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION; REASONED ARGUMENTATION APPROACH; TECHNICAL APPROACH;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DESIGN METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34948911487     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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