Enhancing SEA effectiveness: Lessons learnt from Austrian experiences in spatial planning

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-231

  Stoeglehner, Gernot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Environmental planning; SEA effectiveness; Spatial planning; Strategic environmental assessment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN UNION; LEARNING; PLANNING PROCESS; SPATIAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 77958075758     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155110X12772982841168     Document Type: Article

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