Ecological compensation: From general guidance and expertise to specific proposals for road developments

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-62

  Villarroya, Ana ^a   Persson, Jesper ^b   Puig, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental Impact Assessment; Net ecological gain; No net loss; Offsets; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DE-FRAGMENTATION; DOMINANT PLANT SPECIES; ECOLOGICAL COMPENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (EIA); NET ECOLOGICAL GAIN; NO NET LOSS; OFFSETS; ROAD DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROADS AND STREETS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSERVATION;

BIBLIOGRAPHY; COMPENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LANDSCAPE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABILITY; WILD POPULATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 84891653014     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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