In full retreat: The Canadian government's new environmental assessment law undoes decades of progress

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-188

  Gibson, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; design principles; environmental assessment; environmental law; federal states; substitution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 84866289773     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2012.720417     Document Type: Article

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