Strategic approaches and assessment techniques-Potential for knowledge brokerage towards sustainability

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 278-288

  Sheate, William R ^a,b   Partidário, Maria Rosário ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Collingwood Environmental Planning ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Knowledge brokerage; Science policy; SEA; Strategic assessment; Sustainability assessment; Techniques

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PROCESS; ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE; COMMON UNDERSTANDING; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; PORTUGAL; SCIENCE POLICIES; STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY POLICY; UNITED KINGDOM;

DECISION MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; KNOWLEDGE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PORTUGAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77950026815     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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