Published Journal Papers and Book Chapters
The Strategic Environmental Assessment Decision Maker's Tool Project
Robert B. Gibson, "Integration through sustainability assessment: emerging possibilities at the leading edge of environmental assessment," in Kevin S. Hanna and D. Scott Slocombe, eds., Integrated Resource and Environmental Management: concepts and practice (Oxford and Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp.72-96.
Robert B. Gibson, "Sustainability assessment: basic components of a practical approach," Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 24:3 (2006), pp.170-182.
Robert B. Gibson, "Beyond the pillars: sustainability assessment as a framework for effective integration of social, economic and ecological considerations in significant decision making," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 8:3 (2006), special issue on sustainability assessment, pp.259-280.
Robert B. Gibson, "Sustainability assessment and conflict resolution: reaching agreement to proceed with the Voisey's Bay nickel mine," Journal of Cleaner Production 14: 3/4 (2005), special issue: Improving Environmental, Economic and Ethical Performance in the Mining Industry. Part 1. Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, pp.334-348.
Rene Kemp, Saeed Parto and Robert B. Gibson, "Governance for sustainable development: moving from theory to practice," International Journal for Sustainable Development 8:1/2 (2005), pp.12-30.
Carol A. Hunsberger, Robert B. Gibson and Susan K. Wismer, "Citizen involvement in sustainability-centred environmental assessment follow-up," Environmental Impact Assessment Review 25 (2005), pp.609-627.
Robert B. Gibson, "From Wreck Cove to Voisey's Bay: the evolution of federal environmental assessment in Canada," Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 20:3 (September 2002), pp.151-159.
Kirk Stinchcombe and Robert B. Gibson, "Strategic environmental assessment as a means of pursuing sustainability: ten advantages and ten challenges," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 3:3 (2001), pp.343-372.
Robert B. Gibson, "Favouring the higher test: contribution to sustainability as the central criterion for reviews and decisions under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act," Journal of Environmental Law and Practice 10:1 (2000), pp. 39-55.