Current practice and shortcomings of EIA in Lithuania

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 305-309

  Kruopiene, Jolita ^a   Židoniene, Sigita ^a   Dvarioniene, Jolanta ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Environmental impact assessment; Lithuania

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PRACTICES; EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; LITHUANIA; SYSTEM APPLICATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349170452     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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