Environmental Impact Assessment: A Journey to Sustainable Development

This book will cover the basic principles and salient features of EIA. The authors attempt to cover the shortcomings observed in EIA reports, the manner of conducting EIA for proposed projects, and also to facilitate the preparation of good quality EIA reports. The book is written in a straightforward format avoiding long descriptive texts to enhance the reader experience  Although the focus is on the Indian context, the concepts and techniques of EIA described in this book are applicable universally.

An Environmental Management Plan (EMP) is also discussed, and this is an essential aspect of EIA in countries where priority is on economic development by way of development projects and when the EIA process has inherent weaknesses.  For the continual improvement of EIA reports, EIA consultants maybe assigned the task of implementing and operationalizing the suggested EMP in addition to conducting an EIA study and in preparation of an EIA report. The system of peer review of EIA reports is also expected to improve EIA quality.

“Environmental Impact Assessment: A Journey to Sustainable Development” is an attempt to cover EIA according to new knowledge acquired through research and experiences which will make this tool more versatile and dynamic. The authors recognise that since EIA is continuously expanding and developing there will always be potential for improving the scope of this book to make it more useful to the users as per their requirement.

This book will be of interest to academics,  EIA professionals and consultants, EIA review/appraisal authorities and particularly stakeholders in emerging economies where major developmental work is being undertaken and which is expected to continue in decades to come.

 

Dr. Rachna Bhateria is currently working as an Associate Professor in

the Department of Environmental Science, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak

(India). She has published several research articles in peer-reviewed

international journals and book chapters. She has done Post Graduate Diploma in

Environmental Law from National Law School of India University, Bangalore

(India). She is teaching Environmental Impact Assessment to post graduate

students since 14 years. She has contributed in e-content development on

national platforms like e-PG Pathshala, SWAYAM Prabha, e-gyan kosh etc

Dr. Mona Sharma is Associate Professor and Head in the Department of Environmental Studies, Central University of

Haryana (CUH), Mahendergarh. She was the recipient of various research

fellowships from UGC and CSIR during her doctorate. She has several

publications in International journals with high impact factor. She has done

Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety Management from GJUS&T, Hisar

and was the Gold Medalist. She has also published 6 books and 20 edited

chapters.  She is serving as a reviewer

for a number of journals too She has also attended Training on Environmental

Management System organized by various renowned institutes.

Dr. Rimmy is working as an Assistant Professor in DPG Institute of Technology and Management, Gurugram.

She had her doctorate degree from MDU Rohtak and her Bachelors and Masters

degree from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. She was awarded with

Appreciation Award for Best Thesis, also she has received an award and grant

under DST-SERB TARE Scheme.

Mr. SumitKumar is M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and currently pursuing a PhD in the dynamic

realm of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and sustainability from

Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana.