Exploring climate change criteria for strategic environmental assessments

Progress in Planning

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 109-154

  Posas, Paula J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Country environmental analysis; Equity; Global warming; International development; Planning; Strategic environmental assessment; Sustainability appraisal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EQUITY; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960138817     PISSN: 03059006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progress.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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