Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment - Softcover

 
9780774805261: Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment

Synopsis

Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment is a practicalup-to-date explanation and guide to how EIAs are, and should be,carried out for specific environmental components (e.g., air, water,ecological systems, socio-economic systems). For each component, itincludes a discussion of relevant standards, how baseline surveys areconducted, how impact predictions are made, what mitigation measurescan be used, how the effectiveness of such measures should bemonitored, and the limitations of the methods.

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Review

'Fills a major gap ... will give a systematic and comprehensive grounding to anyone wishing to learn about EIA, and will offer thought-provoking insights to practitioners and others already familiar with the subject.' Town & Country Planning, Review of first edition

 

'Comprehensive and bang up-to-date'Lecturer, University of Liverpool

From the Publisher

This book is part of our Natural and Built Environment Series. The Series encompasses environmental planning and management in its widest sense. It includes development planning and control, planning processes and methods, housing, transport, environmental management and resource planning, design, environmental quality and conservation, tourism and leisure planning and similarly related areas. The focus is on high quality key texts, including Readers, for both students and practitioners.

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