Ex-ante Impact Assessments (IA) in the European Commission - An overview

Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 17-33

  Tscherning, Karen ^a   König, Hannes ^a   Schößer, Birthe ^a   Helming, Katharina ^a   Sieber, Stefan ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Impact Assessment (IA); Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); Sustainability Impact Assessment Tools (SIAT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350571848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78648-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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