A method proposal for cumulative environmental impact assessment based on the landscape vulnerability evaluation

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-84

  Pavlickova, Katarina ^a   Vyskupova, Monika ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cumulative environmental impact assessment (CEIA); Cumulative impact; Impact significance; Method; Slovakia; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRADING;

CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (CEIA); CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; IMPACT SIGNIFICANCE; METHOD; SLOVAKIA; VULNERABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PREDICTION; VULNERABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84906751728     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2014.08.011     Document Type: Article

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