Ecosystem services in environmental assessment - Help or hindrance?

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-13

  Baker, J ^a   Sheate, W R ^a,b   Phillips, P ^c,d   Eales, R ^a  

^a Collingwood Environmental Planning ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ecosystem services; Environmental assessment; Environmental impact assessment; Resilience; Strategic environmental assessment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (EIA); INTEGRATED APPROACH; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES; RESILIENCE; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 84893859014     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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