Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment, Volume 2 (eBook)

Impact and Limitations

Judith Petts (Herausgeber)

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2009 | 1. Auflage
464 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-1149-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a significant,
anticipatory, environmental management tool. International debate
focuses on its enhancement to meet the challenges of sustainable
development as well as demands for scientifically robust integrated
and participative decision-making. This handbook hopes to improve
practices by contributing an international, multidisciplinary,
ready-reference source to this debate.

Volume I addresses EIA principles, process and methods. Part 1
maps the EIA process and its impact on decision. It positions EIA
in the context of sustainable development and relative to other
decision tools, including economic valuation. It also positions
strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in a similar way. Part 2
addresses the elements of the EIA process and significant impact
assessment topics (air, water, ecological, social, risk, landscape
and visual) not only in terms of good practice but also
methodological evolution. This volume concludes by addressing
cumulative impact assessment and SEA methods.

Volume II provides a unique consideration for EIA implementation
and practice in Europe, Africa, the Far East, South America and
North America. It uses a number of project types to provide 'how to
do' guidance and addresses practice in policy and plan
assessment.

This book should be read by legislators, decision-makers,
economists, developers, industrial managers and consultants
involved in this significant field.

Autor

Judith Irene Petts CBE is the Vice-Chancellor of Plymouth University. She graduated from the University of Exeter and Loughborough University.

Inhalt

List of Contributors.

Preface.

Part 1: Quality and Effectiveness.

1 Introduction.

2 Comparative Evaluation of EIA Systems.

3 Capacity Building.

4 Quality and Quality Control in EIA.

Part 2: EIA At the International Level.

5 The Convention of Environmental Impact Assessment in a
Transboundary Context.

6 Environmental Impact Assessment A and Multi-Lateral Financial
Institutions.

Part 3: International Experience.

7 Environmental Impact Assessment in Central and Eastern
Europe.

8 Environmental Impact Assessment in East Asia.

9 Environmental Impact Assessment in Africa.

10 Environmental Impact Assessment in South and Central
America.

11 Environmental Impact Assessment in North America.

12 Environmental Impact Assessment in the European Union.

Part 4: Sectoral Experience.

13 Policy Environmental Assessment.

14 Environmental Impact Assessment of Land-Use Plans: Experience
under the National Environmental Policy Act and the California
Environmental Quality Act.

15 Environmental Impact Assessment and Waste Management.

16 Environmental Impact Assessment of Road and Rail
Infrastructure.

17 Environmental Impact Assessment for Energy Projects.

18 Environmental Impact Assessment for Mining Projects.

19 Environmental Impact Assessment for Water Projects.

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Environmental Management, Policy & Planning • Environmental Studies • Umweltforschung • Umweltmanagement, Politik u. -Planung
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-1149-2 / 1444311492
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-1149-5 / 9781444311495