A review of uncertainty research in impact assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 116-123

  Leung, Wanda ^a   Noble, Bram ^b   Gunn, Jill ^a   Jaeger, Jochen A G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d Loyola Sustainability Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Impact assessment; Impact prediction; Uncertainty communication; Uncertainty disclosure

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; UNCERTAINTY DISCLOSURE;

COMMUNICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907474178     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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