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This chapter widens the scope of legal thresholds and standards from EIA to sustainability, and illustrates this with the case of Portugal.
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Perdicoúlis, A. (2008). Widening the Scope — Sustainability Indicators, Legal Thresholds and Standards in Portugal. In: Schmidt, M., Glasson, J., Emmelin, L., Helbron, H. (eds) Standards and Thresholds for Impact Assessment. Environmental Protection in the European Union, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31141-6_5
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