Environmental assessment: Dominant or dormant?

Taking Stock of Environmental Assessment: Law, Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 16-44

  Jones, Carys ^a,b   Jay, Stephen ^c   Slinn, Paul ^d   Wood, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EIA Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Manchester ^*

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203944943     Document Type: Chapter

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