Strategic environmental assessment of port plans in Italy: Experiences, approaches, tools

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2888-2921

  Cerreta, Maria ^a   De Toro, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic spatial decision making process; Integrated assessment; Integrated spatial assessment; Strategic environmental assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877930219     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4112888     Document Type: Article

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