The changing Chinese SEA indicator guidelines: Top-down or bottom-up?

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-30

  Gao, Jingjing ^a   Christensen, Per ^a   Kørnøv, Lone ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

China; Guidelines; Implementation; Indicators; SEA

Indexed keywords

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GUIDELINES; IMPLEMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES; NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES; SEA; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS;

INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GUIDELINE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

CHINA;

EID: 84884150065     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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