Environmental impact assessment and environmental audit in large-scale public infrastructure construction: The case of the qinghai-tibet railway

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 579-589

  He, Guizhen ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b   Lu, Yonglong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction project; Environmental audit; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental performance; Large scale construction program; Qinghai tibet railway

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LARGE-SCALE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM; QINGHAI-TIBET RAILWAY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MODERNIZATION; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; RAILWAY;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 68849123906     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9341-5     Document Type: Article

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