Environmental policy evaluation: Experiences in the Netherlands

Environmental Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-78

  Maas, Rob ^a   Kruitwagen, Sonja ^b   Van Gerwen, Olav Jan ^b  

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

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Environmental policy; Monitoring; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860994122     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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