Carbon definitions and typologies in environmental impact assessment: Greenhouse gas confusion?

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-301

  Watkins, James ^a   Durning, Bridget ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon; climate change; EIA; greenhouse gas; typology

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 84871153716     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2012.730224     Document Type: Article

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