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Book Environmental Impact Assessment

Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment written by Rachna Bhateria and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Environmental Impact Assessment

Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment written by Peter Wathern and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive treatment of environmental impact assessment (EIA) provides an authoritative contemporary review of theory and practice over the past ten years. EIA is viewed as both science and art, reflecting the concern both with technical aspects of appraisal and the effects of EIA on the decision-making process. Adopted in many countries, with different degrees of enthusiasm, since its inception in the early 1970's, EIA is established as a major procedure for assessing the environmental implications of legislation, the implementation of policy and plans and the initiation of development projects. EIA is increasingly an essential part of environmental management

Book Environmental Management and Assessment

Download or read book Environmental Management and Assessment written by Inge Kronberg and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-03-03 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Script from the year 2006 in the subject Environmental Sciences, , language: English, abstract: The concept of sustainable development was introduced in the early 1980’s; it is seen as the key to economic, social and even cultural survival. Preventive environmental protection should be the guideline in the planning of projects. Environmental management starts at the level of programmes and polices, continues with plans and decisions for proposals and needs control and monitoring during the operation period. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is an integral part of the planning process; it is incorporated into existing legal systems and administrative procedures. Responsible for a successful EIA are: Screening, scoping, public participation, preparation of EIA-document and decision. The EIA-document contents: Description of project, outline of alternatives, description of the environment, description of environmental impacts, description of mitigating factors, difficulties compiling information and a nontechnical summary. Effective environmental management depends on reproducible environmental assessment.

Book ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT  New Directions for the 21st Century

Download or read book ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT New Directions for the 21st Century written by K. C. Bhatnagar and published by Global India Publications. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the need of Environmental Management to the wider industry. The challenge is to incorporate the best ideas into a set of principles which is meaningful and able to be applied across government, business and society in general. This book is an attempt to bring out the importance of environmental management in today's time. It is an excellent beginning and will be of importance to students and policy-makers as well as to environmental practitioners and indeed, anyone with an interest in converting the theory of environmental management into practical, operational reality.

Book Environmental Impact Assessment

Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment written by Chris Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has become a vital management tool worldwide. EIA is a means of evaluating the likely consequences of a proposed major action which will significantly affect the environment, before that action is taken.This new edition of Wood's key text provides an authoritative, international review of environmental impact assessment, comparing systems used in the UK, USA, the Netherlands, Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand and South Africa.

Book Environmental Assessment in Practice

Download or read book Environmental Assessment in Practice written by Owen Harrop and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Environmental Impact Assessment

Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment written by Richard K. Morgan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1999-05-31 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is one of the most important tools employed in contemporary environmental management. Presenting the component activities of EIA within a coherent methodological framework, Environmental Impact Assessment: A Methodological Approach provides students and practitioners alike with a rigorous grounding in EIA theory, including biophysical, social, strategic and cumulative assessment activities, and examines the crucial role, and limitations, of the science of EIA. Deliberately designed to be relevant world-wide, the author focuses on the common skills and generic aspects of EIA that underpin all impact assessment work, independent of country or jurisdiction, such as screening and scoping, impact identification, public involvement, prediction and monitoring, evaluation, and quality control. The variety of approaches are identified along with their associated strengths and weaknesses, enabling potential, new and experienced practitioners to make informed choices and to improve their working practices through a better understanding of EIA activity. The ultimate aim of this book is to move from the notion of EIA as a technical procedure towards a concept of EIA as a particular form of problem-solving with varied methodological requirements.

Book Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of Development Projects

Download or read book Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of Development Projects written by World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1992 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook for practitioners in environmental and public health, environmental management, toxicology and ecotoxicology has been prepared by an international group of experts from both developing and developed countries and covers a wide range of topics in both environmental impact assessment and environmental health impact assessment.

Book Introduction To Environmental Impact Assessment

Download or read book Introduction To Environmental Impact Assessment written by John Glasson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment provides students and practitioners with a clearly structured overview of the subject, as well as critical analysis and support for further studies. Written by three authors with extensive research, training and practical experience in EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment), the book covers the latest EIA legislation, guidance and good practice. This edition updates essential information on: • the evolving nature of EIA • experience of the implementation of the changing EU and UK EIA procedures • best practice in the EIA process • other key issues in the process, explored in an extended case studies section • comparative EIA systems worldwide • development of SEA/SA legislation and practice • prospects for the future of EIA. Although the book’s focus is on the UK and the EU, the principles and techniques it describes are applicable internationally. With colour images and a new modern design, the book provides an essential introduction to EIA for undergraduate and postgraduate students on planning courses, as well as those studying environmental management and policy, environmental sciences, geography and the built environment. Planners, developers, community groups and decision-makers in government and business will also welcome the book as an effective way to get to grips with this important and evolving subject that affects a wide range of development projects.

Book Perspectives on Environmental Impact Assessment

Download or read book Perspectives on Environmental Impact Assessment written by B.D. Clark and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experience of highly industrialized countries demonstrates that single-minded pursuit of economic develop ment is self-defeating because, by disregarding the other components of what is cxmnonly called "the quality of life", it creates conditions which are not acceptable to large sectors of the population. In the recent past a number of projects, for example, major darns, have had unexpectedly deleterious social, envir onmental and health consequences. As a result, many govern ment department and agencies are investigating the impacts of specific projects and are examining the role impact analysis could play in project planning. The process of environmental impact analysis has been developed, tested and institutionalized in several countries. The objective of the process is a prior identification and definition of likely environmental impacts of projects such as public works, industrial developments and tourist develop ments, as well as the impact of policies and legislative proposals. The environmental impact analysis process also includes the definition of alternative courses of action which would achieve comparable economic objectives while eliminatir .. g some or all of the detrimental environmental consequences. Identification of preventive or precautionary measures, which would minimize the unavoidable impacts, fonn an integral part of the process. The aim should be for a balanced appraisal in which economic, technical, social, environmental and health aspects are fully evaluated. Thus viewed, environmental impact analysis emerges as one of the most powerful planning tools for the prevention of environmental pollution and degradation.

Book Environmental Impact Assessment

Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment written by Alan Gilpin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the crucial role of EIA in government decision-making in Europe, the Nordic countries, North America, Asia and the Pacific.

Book Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook

Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook written by Barbara Carroll and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2002 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It will be useful for project managers as well as students and the community sector."--BOOK JACKET

Book Social Impact Assessment And Monitoring

Download or read book Social Impact Assessment And Monitoring written by Michael J Carley and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1984-11-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systematic, critical review of more than 600 recent publications in social impact assessment and related fields. Four sections: focus on social impact assessment, social impact assessment in an interdisciplinary perspective, social assessment in developing countries, and other sources of information.

Book Advanced Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment

Download or read book Advanced Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment written by Angus Morrison-Saunders and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the big ideas behind EIA thinking and practice. It explores key steps in the process and the core principles underlying these with emphasis placed on best practices. Challenges in designing and implementing development proposals from projects through to plans and policies are addressed. Key topics include the EIA and sustainable development, consideration of alternatives, the mitigation hierarchy, significance determination, cumulative impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, managing uncertainty and adaptive management. The book is aimed at EIA practitioners including proponents, consultants and regulators, as well as researchers and students.

Book Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Effects Monitoring

Download or read book Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Effects Monitoring written by Shelley L. Armsworthy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offshore oil and gas drilling operations take place in some of the world's most biologically productive oceanic waters. An ongoing concern related to the development of this industry is that exposure to contaminants from waste discharges may cause ill effects on organisms and their habitat. Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) programs are undertaken to verify environmental impact assessment predictions, to detect any unforeseen effects, and to help identify cause-effect relationships. EEM has been carried out worldwide for many offshore developments, and much has been learned about the fate of drilling and production contaminants and their biological effects. EEM programs have rapidly evolved in response to new knowledge on the transport, fate, and effects of potential contaminants; changes in regulatory requirements; and improved impact assessment technologies and statistical approaches for data interpretation. In May 2003, an international group of scientists, environmental managers, and industry representatives shared their expertise and new knowledge at the Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Effects Monitoring Workshop. The participants reviewed the status of current offshore oil and gas EEM programs and identified future research needs to advance our understanding of the impacts of the offshore oil and gas industry. This book represents a selected number of peer-reviewed papers from workshop participants, covering a range of topics including regional experience from past and ongoing EEM programs; environmental management issues such as risk assessment and decision-making processes; the development of predictive risk assessment models; and new approaches and technologies formonitoring potential alterations in benthic, pelagic, and tropospheric ecosystem components. This book will be of use to scientists, environmental managers, regulators, and industry representatives, as well as members of the general public wishing to improve their understanding on the application of offshore oil and gas EEM programs for the protection of our ocean environment and its resources.

Book Strategic Environmental Assessment

Download or read book Strategic Environmental Assessment written by Barry Sadler and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique sourcebook provides a global, state-of-the-art review of the rapidly evolving field of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) that is intended to serve as a baseline for the work of an OECD Task Team on SEA and a UNEP initiative on integrated planning and assessment. It describes trends in application and experience in different contexts worldwide, providing in-depth coverage of the status of SEA systems, and practice in developed, transitional and developing countries by a range of development agencies. The book draws on a large body of published and unpublished material, and contributions from a wide range of individual experts, organizations and agencies. It provides an unparalleled and invaluable understanding of the emerging scope and potential of SEA and describes how, when and where it is being used. The sourcebook includes a probing review of concepts, terminology, approaches and tools of SEA, and a comparative analysis of the different types of existing SEA systems. The volume also contains many case examples illustrating SEA practice in different countries and contexts, a full set of references and a number of appendices containing source materials.