A review of regulatory decisions for environmental protection: Part II-The case-study of contaminated land management in Portugal

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 214-225

  Rodrigues, S M ^a   Pereira, M E ^a   da Silva, E Ferreira ^a   Hursthouse, A S ^b   Duarte, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminated land; Portugal; Regulatory decisions; Risk management; Soil protection

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HEALTH RISKS; LAND USE; NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION; REMEDIATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT; CONTAMINATED LANDS; PORTUGAL; REGULATORY DECISIONS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; RISK ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK; SOIL PROTECTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONTAMINATED LAND; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION POLICY; REGULATORY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL REMEDIATION;

BIOREMEDIATION; CASE STUDY; DRIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; LEGAL LIABILITY; PORTUGAL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PEREIRA;

EID: 56949097469     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.08.012     Document Type: Review

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