Perspectives On Environmental Impact Assessment

Author : B.D. Clark,A. Gilad,R. Bisset,P. Tomlinson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400963818

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Perspectives on Environmental Impact Assessment by B.D. Clark,A. Gilad,R. Bisset,P. Tomlinson Pdf

The experience of highly industrialized countries demonstrates that single-minded pursuit of economic develop ment is self-defeating because, by disregarding the other components of what is cxmnonly called "the quality of life", it creates conditions which are not acceptable to large sectors of the population. In the recent past a number of projects, for example, major darns, have had unexpectedly deleterious social, envir onmental and health consequences. As a result, many govern ment department and agencies are investigating the impacts of specific projects and are examining the role impact analysis could play in project planning. The process of environmental impact analysis has been developed, tested and institutionalized in several countries. The objective of the process is a prior identification and definition of likely environmental impacts of projects such as public works, industrial developments and tourist develop ments, as well as the impact of policies and legislative proposals. The environmental impact analysis process also includes the definition of alternative courses of action which would achieve comparable economic objectives while eliminatir .. g some or all of the detrimental environmental consequences. Identification of preventive or precautionary measures, which would minimize the unavoidable impacts, fonn an integral part of the process. The aim should be for a balanced appraisal in which economic, technical, social, environmental and health aspects are fully evaluated. Thus viewed, environmental impact analysis emerges as one of the most powerful planning tools for the prevention of environmental pollution and degradation.

Author : B.D. Clark,A. Gilad,R. Bisset,P. Tomlinson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1984-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9027717532

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Perspectives on Environmental Impact Assessment by B.D. Clark,A. Gilad,R. Bisset,P. Tomlinson Pdf

Objectives and procedures: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): scope and objectives; The role of environmental health assessment; Assessment methods and techniques; Case studies.

Author : Maria Rosario Partidario
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 1566703603

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Perspectives on Strategic Environmental Assessment by Maria Rosario Partidario Pdf

An environmental assessment must be performed whenever a property transaction takes place. Those who donít may find themselves responsible for the past misdeeds of others. This book contains contributions by professionals from various locations who use Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) as a tool applied to water management issues. SEA helps make decisions that increase sustainability. Because of its procedural nature, it necessarily becomes tailor-made to different applications. Easily understood and geographic in scope, this book presents leading edge thinking and first hand knowledge on the applications of SEA in water management. Perspectives on Strategic Environmental Assessment is a comprehensive guidebook for performing environmental assessments all over the world. No other source provides you with as much information on the applications of SEA as a policy assessment and management tool. This book provides a blueprint for environmental assessments that safeguards you from the oversights of others.

Author : Angelo P. Grima,Charles David Fowle,R. E. Munn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Environmental engineering
ISBN : 0772744106

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Risk Perspectives on Environmental Impact Assessment by Angelo P. Grima,Charles David Fowle,R. E. Munn Pdf

Author : Patrick Hofstetter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461551270

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Perspectives in Life Cycle Impact Assessment by Patrick Hofstetter Pdf

Perspectives in Life Cycle Impact Assessment: A Structured Approach to Combine Models of the Technosphere, Ecosphere and Valuesphere describes the relationship between subjective and objective elements in Life Cycle Impact Assessment. It suggests a new framework which will allow people to master two of the major problems associated with LCA, the difficulty of separating subjective from objective elements and the tendency for impact assessment to record `phantoms' rather than actual damages. Perspectives in Life Cycle Impact Assessment: A Structured Approach to Combine Models of the Technosphere, Ecosphere and Valuesphere presents a proposal for a second generation framework and method for Life Cycle Impact Assessment. Many of the suggested elements are either based on other tools for environmental analysis, e.g. risk assessment, or fit in well with tools and concepts such as industrial ecology, technology assessment, or environmental impact assessment. The research presented in this book goes beyond the scope of presently used methods for Life Cycle Assessment and may stimulate new developments in a variety of areas. The book will appeal to persons from a wide range of scientific disciplines who are interested in learning more about Life Cycle Assessment. It will be especially valuable to members of SETAC and to students and researchers in the fields of environmental impact assessment, risk assessment and industrial ecology.

Author : Katherine Davies,Barry Sadler,Canada. Health Canada,International Association for Impact Assessment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Environmental health
ISBN : UIUC:30112045726830

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Environmental Assessment and Human Health by Katherine Davies,Barry Sadler,Canada. Health Canada,International Association for Impact Assessment Pdf

This paper draws on Canadian and international experience in the field of environmental assessment (EA) to review key perspectives and approaches for including health considerations as an integral part of the environmental assessment process. It reviews the benefits of including health in EA; the international policy context, current practices, requirements, principles and guidelines regarding the inclusion of health concerns in EA; procedural elements common to inclusion of health in EA, such as project screening, identifying EA issues to be considered, assessing potential health effects, public consultation, determining significance or importance of those effects, and implementing mitigation measures; and key priorities and needs for improving health impact assessment. The appendix includes a summary of European Union environmental health principles.

Author : Richard K. Morgan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780412730009

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Environmental Impact Assessment by Richard K. Morgan Pdf

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is one of the most important tools employed in contemporary environmental management. Presenting the component activities of EIA within a coherent methodological framework, Environmental Impact Assessment: A Methodological Approach provides students and practitioners alike with a rigorous grounding in EIA theory, including biophysical, social, strategic and cumulative assessment activities, and examines the crucial role, and limitations, of the science of EIA. Deliberately designed to be relevant world-wide, the author focuses on the common skills and generic aspects of EIA that underpin all impact assessment work, independent of country or jurisdiction, such as screening and scoping, impact identification, public involvement, prediction and monitoring, evaluation, and quality control. The variety of approaches are identified along with their associated strengths and weaknesses, enabling potential, new and experienced practitioners to make informed choices and to improve their working practices through a better understanding of EIA activity. The ultimate aim of this book is to move from the notion of EIA as a technical procedure towards a concept of EIA as a particular form of problem-solving with varied methodological requirements.

Author : Richard K. Morgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:639645215

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Environmental Impact Assessment by Richard K. Morgan Pdf

Author : Michael J Carley,Eduardo Bustelo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000311778

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Social Impact Assessment And Monitoring by Michael J Carley,Eduardo Bustelo Pdf

This systematic, critical review of more than 600 recent publications in social impact assessment (SIA) and related fields is based on the authors' belief that SIA is more than an analytical technique--it is also a logical and timely response to our ever-growing need for more and better information to facilitate decision making in an increasingly c

Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems,Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015010181736

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Cumulative Environmental Effects by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems,Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council Pdf

Cumulative effects of multiple environmental perturbations of natural and social systems were identified as needing study because of a lack of a clear and unambiguous definition of cumulative effects assessment, despite the widespread recognition of its importance. There is increasing concern that neither scientists nor institutions work at the temporal and spatial scales needed for the assessment of cumulative effects. The workshop explored these issues, identified current scientific and management techniques of dealing with cumulative effects, and to recommended research and management priorities for improving the management of cumulative effects.

Author : Anastassios Perdicoulis,Bridget Durning,Lisa Palframan
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781781953570

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Furthering Environmental Impact Assessment by Anastassios Perdicoulis,Bridget Durning,Lisa Palframan Pdf

The environmental impact of development projects is currently studied and mitigated from two distinct perspectives: before and after project implementation, with environmental impact assessment (EIA) and environmental management systems (EMS) being the main instruments on the respective sides. This double perspective creates a discontinuity in the way environmental impacts are analysed, an issue that has been noted by both academics and practitioners. This book gathers and presents both theoretical and actual examples to link EIA with EMS and explores ways to overcome difficulties and provide innovative solutions. Academic researchers, advanced students, EIA practitioners and EMS practitioners will find the book essential for the theoretical explorations of how the link might occur and practical examples in which to explore and critique these theories.

Author : K. M. Baharul Islam,Zafar Mahfooz Nomani
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000425871

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Environment Impact Assessment by K. M. Baharul Islam,Zafar Mahfooz Nomani Pdf

Environment Impact Assessment: Precept & Practice deals with theoretical, practical, managerial and legal issues in multidisciplinary holism to suit Indian environmental planning and governance. Environment Impact Assessment is not only considered a tool for sustainable development but a promissory augury of creation of equitable regime of for ecosystem governance. The book is laced with polemical issues in dexterous detail to cater erudite demand of environmental planners besides fulfilling the void of curriculum and pedagogic requirements of technical universities, environmental management and legal studies. The book offers diversity of thoughts across discipline on Environment Impact Assessment discourse in rounded perspective having immense potential for textual and reference utilities. The treatment of subject is not only discursive but paradigmatic to eradicate contemporary crisis in Environment Impact Assessment regime. It combines theoretical postulate with deeper empiricism and penetrative case studies to make an intriguing subject of Environment Impact Assessment with greater ease and lucidity. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Author : Angus Morrison-Saunders,Jos Arts
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781849770507

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Assessing Impact by Angus Morrison-Saunders,Jos Arts Pdf

Written and edited by an authoritative team of internationally known experts in environmental impact assessment (EIA), this is the first book to present in a coherent manner the theory and practice of EIA and strategic environmental assessment (SEA) follow-up. Without some form of follow-up, the consequences of impact assessments and the environmental outcomes of development projects will remain unknown. Assessing Impact examines both EIA follow-up and the emerging practice of SEA follow-up, and showcases follow-up procedures in various countries throughout Europe, North America and Australasia. Theoretical and legislative perspectives are examined in the light of detailed case study examples, and the authors present a micro-, macro- and meta scale analysis of EIA practice ranging from individual plan and project level through to the jurisdictional level, as well as an analysis of the concept of EIA. Full coverage is given to the roles of proponents, both private and governmental, EIA regulators and the affected public in designing and executing follow-up programmes. This book is the must-have tool for impact assessment professionals, academics, regulators and proponents working on projects of all scales in all jurisdictions.

Author : Ralf Buckley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642765025

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Perspectives in Environmental Management by Ralf Buckley Pdf

The author, experienced in industry and academia, presents a set of 15 recent review essays which identify and examine critical current issues of environmental management. Topics covered include environmental accounting, economics and taxation, environmental audit and insurance, institutional and administrative frameworks, regional environmental planning, international aid and trade, and the growth of ecotourism. The book concludes with a summary of likely trends for the 1990's. Readable, concise, practical, and well-referenced, these essays will be essential reading for corporate and governmental executives, engineers, accountants, and lawyers with any responsibility for environmental management. It will also be an invaluable resource book for university ecologists and environmental scientists and for anyone concerned with the practicalities of today's environmental problems.

Author : David P. Lawrence
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118097373

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Impact Assessment by David P. Lawrence Pdf

Offers solutions and best practices to respond to recurrent problems and contemporary challenges in the field Since the publication of the first edition of Environmental Impact Assessment in 2003, both the practice and theory of impact assessment have changed substantially. Not only has the field been subject to a great deal of new regulations and guidelines, it has also evolved tremendously, with a greater emphasis on strategic environmental, sustainability, and human health impact assessments. Moreover, there is a greater call for impact assessments from a global perspective. This Second Edition, now titled Impact Assessment to reflect its broader scope and the breadth of these many changes, offers students and practitioners a current guide to today's impact assessment practice. Impact Assessment begins with an introduction and then a chapter reviewing conventional approaches to the field. Next, the book is organized around recurrent problems and contemporary challenges in impact assessment process design and management, enabling readers to quickly find the material they need to solve tough problems, including: How to make impact assessments more influential, rigorous, rational, substantive, practical, democratic, collaborative, ethical, and adaptive How each problem and challenge-reducing process would operate at the regulatory and applied levels How each problem can be approached for different impact assessment types—sustainability assessment, strategic environmental assessment, project-level EIA, social impact assessment, ecological impact assessment, and health impact assessment How to link and combine impact assessment processes to operate in situations with multiple overlapping problems, challenges, and impact assessment types How to connect and combine impact assessment processes Each chapter first addresses the topic with current theory and then demonstrates how that theory is applied, presenting requirements, guidelines, and best practices. Summaries at the end of each chapter provide a handy tool for structuring the design and evaluation of impact assessment processes and documents. Readers will find analyses and new case studies that address such issues as multi-jurisdictional impact assessment, climate change, cumulative effects assessment, follow-up, capacity building, interpreting significance, and the siting of major industrial and waste facilities. Reflecting current theory and standards of practice, Impact Assessment is appropriate for both students and practitioners in the field, enabling them to confidently respond to a myriad of new challenges in the field.