A methodology for cumulative impact assessment of opencast mining projects with special reference to air quality assessment

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-250

  Dutta, Pratik ^a   Mahatha, Sandip ^a   De, Parijat ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Government Engineering College   (India)

Author keywords

Air quality; Cumulative impact assessment; India; Opencast mining

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GIS; OPENCAST MINING; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 7044235091     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154604781765905     Document Type: Article

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