Institutional requirements for watershed cumulative effects assessment and management: Lessons from a Canadian trans-boundary watershed

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-75

  Sheelanere, Poornima ^a   Noble, Bram F ^a   Patrick, Robert J ^b  

^a University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cumulative effects assessment and management; Environmental assessment; Institutional requirements; Watershed management; Western Canada

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATERSHED;

CANADA;

EID: 84859076988     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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