Cumulative Effects, their Causal Pathways and Social Impact Assessment: Lessons from Aotearoa New Zealand.
Cumulative effects result incrementally from a series of actions over time. On their own, the causative actions behind cumulative effects may be one-off and minor but become significant when they aggregate. Drawing on a practice example from Aotearoa New Zealand—the widespread expansion of irrigatio...
| Publicado en: | Environmental Management Vol. 75; no. 11; pp. 2921 - 2931 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Nov2025
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