State of practice of cumulative effects assessment and management: The good, the bad and the ugly

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 261-268

  Canter, Larry ^a,b   Ross, Bill ^c  

^a Environmental Impact Training   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best practices; CEAM; EIA; Management; Methods and tools; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649916145     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155110X12838715793200     Document Type: Review

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