Rationality and effectiveness: Does EIA/SEA treat them as synonyms?

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-131

  Elling, Bo ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Environmental assessment; Rationality

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

EID: 69749106889     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155109X454294     Document Type: Article

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