Applying an improved rapid impact assessment matrix method to strategic environmental assessment of urban planning in China

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-24

  Li, Wei ^a   Xie, Yuanbo ^a   Hao, Fanghua ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Indicator weighting; Integrated environmental score (IES); Rapid impact assessment matrix (RIAM); Strategic environmental assessment (SEA); Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); DECISION-MAKING STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS; INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SCORE (IES); RAPID IMPACT ASSESSMENT MATRIX; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TOOLS; URBAN PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA;

EID: 84893368583     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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