Environmental Assessment in Developing and Transitional Countries: Principles, Methods and Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471985562 ISBN 13: 9780471985563

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2000

Synopsis

Intended for students and practitioners of environmental planning, environmental management and development studies, this textbook covers both environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment. It relates to low and middle income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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From the Back Cover

Since the 1980s, and especially since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, there has been a substantial extension in the adoption and use of Environmental Assessment (EA) procedures in developing countries and countries in transition (low and middle income countries). However, few existing texts in environmental assessment or development studies have reflected this trend sufficiently, until this publication. The book is divided into two main parts:

• Part 1: EA Principles, Processes and Practice. EA procedures and practice in low and middle income countries are overviewed in six different regions of the world. They are then examined, in greater detail, in each of the key stages in the EA process.

• Part 2: Country and Institutional Studies of EA Procedures and Practice. This section includes six country studies that cover Chile, Indonesia, Russia, Nepal, Jordan and Zimbabwe. Three institutional studies review EA procedures and practice in the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and bilateral development agencies.

Environmental Assessment in Developing and Transitional Countries is intended for students on courses in environmental assessment, environmental planning and management, development studies and project appraisal. It will also be invaluable to many practitioners including those dealing with environment and development issues in government administrations, environmental agencies, NGOs, bilateral aid agencies, international development organisations, consultancies and international and regional development banks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471985562
• ISBN 13: 9780471985563
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 314
• Editor: Lee Norman, George Clive