The success of SEA in the Dutch planning practice. How formal assessments can contribute to collaborative governance

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-135

  Van Buuren, Arwin ^a   Nooteboom, Sibout ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collaborative governance; Consensus building; Joint fact finding; Spatial planning; Strategic Environmental Assessment

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE PLANNING; COLLABORATIVE PROCESS; FACT-FINDING; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY PROBLEM; SPATIAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FORESTRY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

PUBLIC POLICY;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; SPATIAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 73449131512     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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