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Ecology, impact assessment, and environmental planning / Walter E. Westman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Westman, Walter E., 1945-
- Series:
- Environmental science and technology 0194-0287
- Environmental science and technology. 0194-0287
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecology.
- Environmental impact analysis.
- Land use--Planning.
- Land use.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 532 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Wiley, [1985]
- Summary:
- The first integrated text on applied ecology, ecologicalimpact assessment and environmental planning written by abiological ecologist with extensive experience in bothplanning and geography. "Ecology" critically reviews currentmethods of assessment and provides the conceptual andmethodological basis for advancing the field. It also offers adetailed discussion of legal and planning issues by reviewingcurrent environmental legislation, discussing risk analysisand decision making techniques, and presenting quantitativeeconomic and non-economic techniques for evaluating ecologicalimpacts.
- Notes:
- "A Wiley-Interscience publication."
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 0471896217 :
- OCLC:
- 10798934
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