Advanced introduction to environmental impact assessment /
Saunders, Angus morrison-
Advanced introduction to environmental impact assessment / Angus Morrison-Saunders - United States of America : Edward Elgar Publishing, c2018 - x, 174 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: setting the scene -- Forms of EIA -- Back to the beginning: EIA and the National Environmental Policy Act 1969 (US) -- A brief reflection on the goals and purpose of EIA -- EIA and decision-making -- Screening and scoping -- Prediction, assessment and mitigation -- Review, approval decision and EIA follow-up -- Spectrum f development and design considerations -- Alternatives and mitigation -- Representing environment -- Engaging with stakeholders -- Science, uncertainty and adaptive management in EIA -- Cumulative impact assessment -- Conclusions.
Explores the unifying and universal principles at the heart of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) wherever it may be practiced worldwide. This overview of the field by Angus Morrison-Saunders emphasizes the big ideas upon which EIA was founded and which remain central to theory and practice today. In a nutshell, EIA is essentially about thinking before acting.
9781785369711
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TD 194.6 .S28 2018
Advanced introduction to environmental impact assessment / Angus Morrison-Saunders - United States of America : Edward Elgar Publishing, c2018 - x, 174 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: setting the scene -- Forms of EIA -- Back to the beginning: EIA and the National Environmental Policy Act 1969 (US) -- A brief reflection on the goals and purpose of EIA -- EIA and decision-making -- Screening and scoping -- Prediction, assessment and mitigation -- Review, approval decision and EIA follow-up -- Spectrum f development and design considerations -- Alternatives and mitigation -- Representing environment -- Engaging with stakeholders -- Science, uncertainty and adaptive management in EIA -- Cumulative impact assessment -- Conclusions.
Explores the unifying and universal principles at the heart of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) wherever it may be practiced worldwide. This overview of the field by Angus Morrison-Saunders emphasizes the big ideas upon which EIA was founded and which remain central to theory and practice today. In a nutshell, EIA is essentially about thinking before acting.
9781785369711
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TD 194.6 .S28 2018