The use of ex-ante modelling tools in European Impact Assessment: What role does land use play?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1138-1148

  Thiel, Andreas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

European policy making; Impact Assessment; Institutions; Land use; Modelling tools

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; LAND USE PLANNING; MODELING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 64449087471     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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