An investigation of environmental and sustainability discourses associated with the substantive purposes of environmental assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-90

  Rozema, Jaap G ^a   Bond, Alan J ^a   Cashmore, Matthew ^b   Chilvers, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Democracy; Environmental assessment; Environmental discourse; Public participation; Science; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSE; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; SCIENCE;

PLANNING; PUBLIC POLICY; RATING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; RECONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 83755163688     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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