Environmental Impact Assessment: Theory and Practice - Softcover

9780044450528: Environmental Impact Assessment: Theory and Practice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0044450524 ISBN 13: 9780044450528

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1988

This comprehensive treatment of environmental impact assessment (EIA) provides and authoriative contemporary review of theory and practice over the past ten years. EIA is viewed as both science and art, reflecting the concern both with technical aspects of appraisal and the effects of EIA on the decision-making process. Adopted in many countries, with different degrees of enthusiam since its inception in the early 1970s, EIA is established as a major procedure for assessing the environmental implications of legislation, the implementation of policy and plans and the initiation of development projects. Enshrined in legislation in the USA, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Japan and latterly in the European Community, EIA is an integral part of environmental management. The "Science" and "Art" of EIA are inextricably linked, but the distinction between them is useful and is reflected in the organization of the book. An introductory chapter provides a short synopsis of EIA before Part 2 examines methodological aspects. Part 3 deals with monitoring and auditing of impacts, the evaluation of assessment, and with training requirements.

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