Ecological assessment: An initial evaluation of the ecological input in environmental impact assessment reports in Bahrain

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-208

  Naser, Humood ^a   Bythell, John ^b   Thomason, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Ecological impact assessment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MITIGATION;

ASIA; BAHRAIN; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 58049099670     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155108X333271     Document Type: Article

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