An approach and methodology of environmental risk assessment for strategic decision-making

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Kan Kan ^a   Zhang, Luo Ping ^a   Fang, Qin Hua ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Approach; Environmental risk assessment; Methodology; Strategic decisionmaking

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; PLANNING METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84908565206     PISSN: 14643332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1464333214500136     Document Type: Article

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