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Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Volume 26, 2008 - Issue 4
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Assessing the assessments: improving methodologies for impact assessment in transboundary watercourses

Carl Bruch Environmental Law Institute, 2000 L Street NW, Suite 620, Washington, DC, 20036, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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Mikiyasu Nakayama Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Room 768 Environmental Studies Bldg, 51-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8563, Japan
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Jessica Troell Environmental Law Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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Lisa Goldman Environmental Law Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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Elizabeth Maruma Mrema Biodiversity and Land Law and Governance Unit, UNEP-Division of Environmental Law and Conventions (DELC), PO Box 30552 Code, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Pages 239-251 | Published online: 20 Feb 2012

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