Environmental assessment of a territory: An overview of existing tools and methods

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 213-225

  Loiseau, Eléonore ^a,b   Junqua, Guillaume ^c   Roux, Philippe ^b   Bellon Maurel, Véronique ^b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b UMR ITAP   (France)

^c ECOLE DES MINES D ALÈS   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Impacts; Land planning; Methodological framework; Territory

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT; IMPACT; LAND PLANNING; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; TERRITORY; TOOLS AND METHODS;

LIFE CYCLE;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXERGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRITORY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LIFESTYLE; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84865403686     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.07.024     Document Type: Review

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