Assessment of biodiversity at the local scale for environmental impact assessment and land-use planning

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-408

  Latimer, William ^a  

^a Regional Director in Ecology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349729842     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697450903020841     Document Type: Article

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