Re-evaluating Sustainability Assessment: Aligning the vision and the practice

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Bond, Alan J ^a   Morrison Saunders, Angus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Holism; Reductionism; Strong sustainability; Sustainability Assessment; Timescales; Weak sustainability

Indexed keywords

DELIBERATION; HOLISM; REDUCTIONISM; STRONG SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; TIME-SCALES; WEAK SUSTAINABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANNING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMESCALE;

AUSTRALIA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77958173024     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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