Conducting Environmental Impact Assessment in Developing Countries - Brossura

Modak, Prasad; Biswas, Asit K.

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ISBN 10: 9280809652 ISBN 13: 9789280809657

Casa editrice: United Nations Univ, 1999

Riassunto

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a policy and management tool for planning and decisionmaking. Conceived in the 1970s after the United Nations Conference on the Environment in Stockholm, EIA assists policymakers and the general public in identifying, predicting, and evaluating the environmental impacts and consequences of proposed development projects, plans, and policies. The outcome of an EIA study helps to decide whether a given project should be implemented and what form it should take.The book includes an introduction to EIA and sections on its process, methods, and tools. It discusses the implementation of specific environmental management measures and the need for their constant monitoring. The book also reviews the process of translating and communicating the findings of an EIA study to decisionmakers and the public, and outlines the writing and reviewing of an EIA report. It examines emerging trends in EIA and concludes with a number of illustrative case studies.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Prasad Modak is with the Environmental Management Centre, Bombay. Asit K. Biswas is the president of the Third World Centre for Water Management and a member of the World Commission on Water.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: United Nations Univ
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9280809652
• ISBN 13: 9789280809657
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile