Key sustainability issues and the spatial classification of sensitive regions in Europe

Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 471-494

  Dilly, Oliver ^a   Camilleri, Marguerite ^g   Dörrie, Carola ^a   Formosa, Saviour ^g   Galea, Gabrielle ^g   Hallenbarter, Dionys ^c   Hasenauer, Hubert ^e   Imrichová, Zuzana ^d   Korzeniowska Pucułek, Renata ^b   Kowalik, Monika ^b   Koza, Piotr ^b   Kräuchi, Norbert ^c   Kull, Ain ^f   Łopatka, Artur ^b   Mander, Ülo ^f   Moncada, Stefano ^g   Oja, Tonu ^f   Pudełko, Rafal ^b   Putzhuber, Friedrich ^e   Rogaß, Christian ^a   Schneider, Bernd Uwe ^a   Siebielec, Gregorz ^b   Stuczyński, Tomasz ^b   Hüttl, Reinhard F ^a   more..

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^g Malta Environment and Planning Authority   (Malta)

Author keywords

Coasts; European policy; impact assessment; islands; mountains; postindustrial zone; sensitive regions; sustainability impact assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350567509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78648-1_23     Document Type: Chapter

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