Environmental impact assessment in Colombia: Critical analysis and proposals for improvement

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 247-261

  Toro, Javier ^a   Requena, Ignacio ^b   Zamorano, Montserrat ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colombia; Environmental Impact Assessment; Environmental Impact System; Environmental legislation

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; COLOMBIA; COLOMBIANS; CONTROL FEATURES; CONTROL MECHANISM; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS; EVALUATION CRITERIA; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 77950029078     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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