Walking the sustainability assessment talk - Progressing the practice of environmental impact assessment (EIA)

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-41

  Morrison Saunders, Angus ^a,b   Retief, Francois ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Environmental impact assessment; Legislation; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVENESS; GROWING DEMAND; LEGISLATIVE REFORMS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES; SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84860992210     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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