Transboundary environmental impact assessment as part of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-263

  Garver, Geoffrey ^a   Podhora, Aranka ^b,c  

^a Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning ^*  (Canada)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commission for environmental cooperation; North American agreement on environmental cooperation; Security and prosperity partnership; Transboundary environmental impact assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NAFTA;

CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66649124939     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155108X366013     Document Type: Article

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