Environmental Assessment in Practice (Routledge Environmental Management) - Hardcover

Harrop, Owen; Nixon, Ashley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415156904 ISBN 13: 9780415156905

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

This text explains what constitutes good practice in applying environmental assessment as an environmental management tool. A wide range of case studies and other student text features are employed to demonstrate how the different methods, techniques and disciplines of environmental assessment can be used. The authors address the key concepts for environmental assessment procedures: methods for using E.A.; techniques for impact prediction and evaluation; environmental risk assessment; EA consultation and participation; project management; environmental statement review and post-project analysis; and strategic environmental assessment. Worldwide case studies include: gas pipelines, hydroelectric power plants, gold mining, river crossings, waste-to-energy plants and gravel extraction in England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, the USA, Venezuela, the Netherlands, Iceland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Ghana.

About this title

About the Author

D. Owen Harrop and J. Ashley Nixon are both environmental management consultants for CORDAH, Aberdeen.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415156904
• ISBN 13: 9780415156905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240