Methods of environmental impact assessment
Methods of environmental impact assessment
- 2nd ed.
- London Spon Press 2001
- xiv, 492p. ; 24cm.
Provides a practical up-to-date explanation of and guide to how environmental impact assessments (EIAs) are carried out for specific environment components (e.g. air, water, ecological systems, socio-economic systems). For each component it includes: a discussion of relevant regulations and standards; how baseline surveys are conducted; how impact predictions are made; what mitigation measures can be used; how the effectiveness of such measures should be monitored; and the limitations of the methods. This revised edition has a new second part, consisting of chapters on cross-cutting methods that can be applied to many of the environmental components discussed in the first part. Aimed at people who organise, review, and make decisions about EIA; environmental planners and managers; students taking first degrees in planning, ecology, geography, environmental studies and related subjects with an EIA content; and postgraduate students taking courses in EIA or environmental management.
Advanced
1841420123
International
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Provides a practical up-to-date explanation of and guide to how environmental impact assessments (EIAs) are carried out for specific environment components (e.g. air, water, ecological systems, socio-economic systems). For each component it includes: a discussion of relevant regulations and standards; how baseline surveys are conducted; how impact predictions are made; what mitigation measures can be used; how the effectiveness of such measures should be monitored; and the limitations of the methods. This revised edition has a new second part, consisting of chapters on cross-cutting methods that can be applied to many of the environmental components discussed in the first part. Aimed at people who organise, review, and make decisions about EIA; environmental planners and managers; students taking first degrees in planning, ecology, geography, environmental studies and related subjects with an EIA content; and postgraduate students taking courses in EIA or environmental management.
Advanced
1841420123
International
711.1 $2 18