The effectiveness of EIA as an instrument for environmental governance: Reflecting on 25 years of EIA practice in the Netherlands and the UK

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Arts, Jos ^a   Runhaar, Hens A C ^b   Fischer, Thomas B ^c   Jha Thakur, Urmila ^c   Van Laerhoven, Frank ^b   Driessen, Peter P J ^b   Onyango, Vincent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

context; effectiveness; Environmental Impact Assessment; governance; the Netherlands; the United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW;

NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872176420     PISSN: 14643332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1464333212500251     Document Type: Article

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