Challenges and Opportunities of Integrating Human Health into the Environmental Assessment Process: The Canadian Experience Contextualised to International Efforts

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Mahboubi, Pouyan ^a,b   Parkes, Margot W ^b,c   Chan, Hing Man ^d  

^a Northwest Community College   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CEAA 2012; environmental assessment; health; integration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; INNOVATION; LEADERSHIP; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

CANADA;

EID: 84955203577     PISSN: 14643332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1464333215500349     Document Type: Review

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