Environmental justice, impact assessment and the politics of knowledge: The implications of assessing the social distribution of environmental outcomes

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 312-318

  Walker, Gordon ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Environmental justice; Impact assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION MEASURES; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955279502     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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