Application of the DPSIR framework to environmental degradation assessment in northern Ghana

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 212-225

  Agyemang, Isaac ^a,b   Mcdonald, Adrian ^b,c   Carver, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Environmental Management ^*

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Environmental degradation; European Environmental Agency DPSIR environmental assessment framework; Northern Ghana; Participatory GIS

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK; LAND TENURE SYSTEM; PARTICIPATORY GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POVERTY REDUCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

ACTION PLAN; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TENURE SYSTEM;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 35148860777     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2007.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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