The environmental impact assessment process for oil and gas extraction projects in the Russian Federation: Possibilities for improvement

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-83

  Solodyankina, Svetlana ^a   Koeppel, Johann ^b  

^a V B SOCHAVA INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological expertise; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental impact statements

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTRACTION; GAS PRODUCTION; OIL PRODUCTION;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

NEPA;

EID: 69749104761     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155109X430344     Document Type: Article

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