Public participation in decision-making is a core issue of good environmental governance, raising accountability and reliability of decisions, reducing risks of possible conflicts and inconsistencies and facilitating implementation. Public participation is an essential part of the environmental impact assessment process, which has become a widely applicable tool of decision-making in the world since the mid-1970s.
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English
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2008Publisher:
Aarhus Centre GeorgiaDate published:
10-02-2016