Road ecology in environmental impact assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-19

  Karlson, Mårten ^a   Mörtberg, Ulla ^a   Balfors, Berit ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological processes; EIA; EIS review; Road ecology; SEA

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; EIA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (EIA); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT; ROAD ECOLOGY; SEA; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ROAD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84899966986     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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