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How much can highway stormwater ponds contribute to amphibian ecological network connectivity? 公路雨水池对两栖动物生态网络连通性的贡献有多大?

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-09-09 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2022.2119526

Laura Clevenot, Céline Clauzel, Karine Tourret, C. Carré, P. Pech

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引用次数: 2

Capacity needs for assessing the cumulative social effects of projects 评估项目累积社会影响的能力需求

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-08-30 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2022.2112812

Lauren M. Arnold, K. Hanna, B. Noble, W. Nikolakis, S. Gergel

引用次数: 1

“It is the scale of issues that is important”: a review of “Handbook on cumulative impact assessment” “重要的是问题的规模”:《累积影响评估手册》书评

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-08-29 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2022.2118359

L. E. Sánchez

引用次数: 0

‘Simplification’ of environmental and other impact assessments – an international trend? “简化”环境及其他影响评估-国际趋势?

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-08-29 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2022.2108223

T. Fischer

引用次数: 4

Between control and independence: computational modelling within EC’s trade sustainability impact assessments 在控制和独立之间：欧共体贸易可持续性影响评估中的计算模型

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-08-23 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2022.2112811

Titus Udrea, Anja Bauer

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引用次数: 0

Treatment of ecological connectivity in environmental assessment: A global survey of current practices and common issues 环境评价中生态连通性的处理:当前实践和共同问题的全球调查

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-08-10 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2022.2099728

Charla Patterson, Aurora Torres, M. Coroi, Katherine Cumming, M. Hanson, B. Noble, G. Tabor, J. Treweek, Jochen A. G. Jaeger

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引用次数: 9

Environmental impact assessment follow-up institutional and regulatory frameworks: lights and shadows of the Chilean experience 环境影响评估后续机构和监管框架:智利经验的光明和阴影

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-08-05 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2022.2102884

Kay Bergamini, C. Pérez

引用次数: 2

Quality of environmental impact statements (EISs) in Eswatini: 1996 – 2020 斯瓦蒂尼环境影响报告书的质量:1996 - 2020年

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-07-24 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2022.2102879

E. N. Cele

引用次数: 0

Does China’s real-name system improve or reduce residents’ willingness to participate in environmental impact assessments? 中国的实名制是提高还是降低了居民参与环境影响评价的意愿?

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2022.2102881

Yong Liu, Xiaoxiao Luo, W. Fu

引用次数: 0

Mainstreaming ecological connectivity in road environmental impact assessments: a long way to go 将生态连通性纳入道路环境影响评估主流：任重道远

IF 2.2 4区社会学

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-07-21 DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2022.2099727

Larissa Oliveira Gonçalves, A. Kindel, Vinicius Augusto Galvão Bastazini, Fernanda Zimmermann Teixeira

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引用次数: 5