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Record 1 1988-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

It appears that assessment guidelines are largely responsible for the sectorial, inventory-style approach so often taken to describing the environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Il semble que les directives d'évaluation soient largement responsables de l'approche sectorielle de type inventaire souvent adoptée pour décrire l'environnement.

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

... Andrews, in reviewing impact assessments in the United States, noted the almost exclusive use of the descriptive approach as opposed to attempts at prediction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales

Spanish

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