Avoiding sustainability trade-offs in environmental assessment

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-12

  Gibson, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

alternatives; environmental assessment; Ontario; purposes; regime design; sustainability; trade offs; waste management; watershed planning

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84875375379     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2013.764633     Document Type: Article

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