Impact assessment and policy learning in the European Commission

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 90-105

  Ruddy, Thomas F ^a   Hilty, Lorenz M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental Policy Integration; Evidence based decision making; Integrated Impact Assessment; Policy coherence; Sustainability Impact Assessment; Sustainable development; World Trade Organization

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INTEGRATION; EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING; INTEGRATED IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POLICY COHERENCE; SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT (SIA); WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; SUGAR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 39749092363     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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