A critical appraisal of EIA screening practice in EU Member in states

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-107

  Pinho, Paulo ^a   McCallum, Sabine ^b   Cruz, Sara Santos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

EIA directive; European EIA systems; Screening process

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY MAKING;

EUROPE;

EID: 77953099228     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155110X498799     Document Type: Article

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