Assessing concerns of interested parties when predicting the significance of environmental impacts related to the construction process of residential buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1023-1037

  Gangolells, Marta ^a   Casals, Miquel ^a   Gassó, Santiago ^a   Forcada, Núria ^a   Roca, Xavier ^a   Fuertes, Alba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Building; Construction process; Environmental impact; Environmental management; Environmental management system; Impact significance determination

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ASSESSMENT SCALE; BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; IMPACT SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION; PRE-CONSTRUCTION; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RATING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78651415450     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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