Strategic environmental assessment performance factors and their interaction: An empirical study in China

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 55-60

  Li, Tianwei ^a   Wang, Huizhi ^b   Deng, Baole ^c   Ren, Wei ^d   Xu, He ^e  

^a MEP   (China)

^b Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences   (China)

^c Tianjin Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Influencing factors; Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); Structural Equation Model

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; EFFECTIVENESS; INFLUENCING FACTORS; KEY INFLUENCING FACTORS; PARTICIPATORY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

EID: 84961879638     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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