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Don’t Shoot the Messenger – Reflections on streamlining and simplification of Environmental Assessment in the Netherlands 不要射杀信使——荷兰简化环境评估的思考

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-05-02 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2204286

J. Arts, H. de Vries

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Impact assessment publishing – observations and reflections after 7 years of being editor of impact assessment and project appraisal 影响评估出版——7年影响评估与项目评估编辑的观察与思考

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-05-02 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2207269

T. Fischer

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Is there any EIA simplification?: reflections on procedural aspects of the Polish system 有否简化环评?:对波兰制度程序方面的思考

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-04-13 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2192595

Anna Haładyj, K. Tokarczyk-Dorociak, Ł. Szkudlarek

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Simplification of environmental and other impact assessments – results from an international online survey 简化环境和其他影响评估——来自一项国际在线调查的结果

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-04-06 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2198839

T. Fischer, A. Fonseca, G. Geißler, Urmila Jha-Thakur, F. Retief, R. Alberts, A. Jiricka-Pürrer

引用次数: 5

Strategic environmental assessment’s role in formulating environmentally sound development plans in Botswana 战略环境评估在拟订博茨瓦纳无害环境发展计划方面的作用

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2194740

G. Matome

引用次数: 1

Unfolding simplification beyond drawbacks: types and reasoning for simplifying environmental assessment 超越弊端展开简化：简化环境评估的类型和理由

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2193914

L. Kørnøv, I. Lyhne

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The future of impact assessment in Austria and Germany – streamlining impact assessment to save the planet? 奥地利和德国影响评估的未来——简化影响评估以拯救地球?

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-03-06 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2186595

G. Geißler, A. Jiricka-Pürrer

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引用次数: 2

Gaining a deeper understanding of the psychology underpinning significance judgements in environmental impact assessment (EIA) 更深入地理解环境影响评价（EIA）中重要性判断的心理学基础

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-02-21 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2181248

F. Retief, A. Bond, A. Morrison‐Saunders, Jenny Pope, R. Alberts, C. Roos, D. Cilliers

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引用次数: 1

Understanding impact assessment from other perspectives: what might nature have to say? 从其他角度理解影响评估:大自然可能会说些什么?

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-02-20 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2178172

Annette Nykiel, A. Morrison‐Saunders

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EA simplification: Canadian processes and challenges EA简化:加拿大流程和挑战

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-02-07 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2023.2175503

B. Noble

引用次数: 1