A decision-maker's tool for sustainability-centred strategic environmental assessment

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-27

  Croal, Peter ^a   Gibson, Robert B ^b   Alton, Charles ^c   Brownlie, Susie ^d   Windibank, Erin ^b  

^a Canadian International Development Agency   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Strategic Environmental Consulting   (United States)

^d deVilliers Brownlie Associates   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alternatives; Decision making; Evaluation criteria; Process design; Strategic environmental assessment; Sustainability assessment; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PLANNING METHOD; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 77952391907     PISSN: 14643332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1464333210003498     Document Type: Article

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