Evaluating the use of Social Impact Assessment in the context of agricultural development projects in Iran

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 399-407

  Ahmadvand, Mostafa ^a   Karami, Ezatollah ^b   Zamani, Gholam Hossein ^b   Vanclay, Frank ^c  

^a YASOUJ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural development projects; EIA; Environmental Impact Assessment; Evaluation; Iran; Policy context; SIA; Social Impact Assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; EIA; EVALUATION; IRAN; POLICY CONTEXT; SIA; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RESEARCH; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 69749122107     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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