Sustainability thinking in environmental assessment

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 264-274

  Audouin, Michelle ^a   de Wet, Benita ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

complexity; development; environmental assessment; environmental ethics; sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84871169919     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2012.742695     Document Type: Article

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