Evaluating strategic environmental assessment in the Netherlands: Content, process and procedure as indissoluble criteria for effectiveness

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-154

  van Buuren, Arwin ^a   Nooteboom, Sibout ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Content; Controversial planning; Decision making procedures; Effectiveness; Process; SEA

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PLANNING PRACTICE; PLANNING PROCESS; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69749108691     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155109X454311     Document Type: Article

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