Emphasising enhancement in all forms of impact assessment: Introduction to a special issue

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 170-180

  João, Elsa ^a   Vanclay, Frank ^b   den Broeder, Lea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Mitigation; Offsets; Positive impacts; Resilience; Social outcomes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80052647311     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155111X12959673796326     Document Type: Article

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