Comfort monitoring? Environmental assessment follow-up under community-industry negotiated environmental agreements

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-24

  Noble, Bram ^a   Birk, Jasmine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca Basin; Environmental agreements; Environmental impact assessment; Follow up and monitoring; Uranium mining

Indexed keywords

ATHABASCA BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOLLOW-UP AND MONITORING; LONG TERM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MINING INDUSTRY; MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT; PROJECT IMPACT; SUPPORT EFFECTS; URANIUM MINING; VALUE ADDED;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INDUSTRY; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; MONITORING; PRIVATIZATION; URANIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MINING INDUSTRY; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; URANIUM;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA;

EID: 77958168360     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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