Coping with uncertainty in environmental impact assessments: Open techniques

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 24-39

  Cardenas, Ibsen C ^a   Halman, Johannes I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colombia; Decision making under uncertainty; Environmental impact assessment; Stakeholders management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

COLOMBIA; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MANAGING UNCERTAINTY; PROVIDE GUIDANCES; STAKEHOLDER VALUES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 84965173158     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2016.02.006     Document Type: Article

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