The inefficiency of environmental impact assessment: Reality or myth?

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-168

  Middle, Garry ^a   Middle, Isaac ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; EIA; Scoping; Timeliness

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77953087219     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155110X498825     Document Type: Article

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