Environmental impact assessment : practical solutions to recurrent problems / David P. Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, David P. (David Phillip), 1947-

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental impact analysis.

Physical Description:

xiii, 562 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, [2003]

Contents:

1.2 A Not-So-Hypothetical Scenario 2

1.5 The Baseline 9

1.6 A Structure 13

1.7 A Strategy 18

1.8 A Road Map 19

2 Conventional EIA Processes 23

2.2 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 24

2.3 Conventional Regulatory EIA Approaches 26

2.4 Conventional Applied Processes 51

3 How to Make EIAs More Rigorous 89

3.2 Insights from Practice 90

3.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 93

3.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 94

3.5 Instituting a Scientific EIA Process 108

3.6 Assessing Process Effectiveness 116

4 How to Make EIAs More Rational 127

4.2 Insights from Practice 128

4.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 130

4.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 132

4.5 Instituting a Rational EIA Process 143

4.6 Assessing Process Effectiveness 150

5 How to Make EIAs More Substantive 159

5.2 Insights from Practice 160

5.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 162

5.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 166

5.5 Instituing a Substantive EIA Process 186

5.6 Assessing Process Effectiveness 198

6 How to Make EIAs More Practical 209

6.2 Insights from Practice 210

6.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 215

6.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 219

6.5 Instituting a Practical EIA Process 248

6.6 Assessing Process Effectiveness 257

7 How to Make EIAs More Democratic 266

7.2 Insights from Practice 267

7.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 272

7.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 277

7.5 Instituting a Democratic EIA Process 293

7.6 Assessing Process Effectiveness 306

8 How to Make EIAs More Collaborative 316

8.2 Insights from Practice 317

8.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 321

8.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 326

8.5 Instituting a Collaborative EIA Process 369

8.6 Assessing Process Effectiveness 379

9 How to Make EIAs More Ethical 389

9.2 Insights from Practice 390

9.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 393

9.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 395

9.5 Instituting an Ethical EIA Process 406

9.6 Assessing Process Effectiveness 412

10 How to Make EIAs More Adaptive 419

10.2 Insights from Practice 420

10.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 423

10.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 427

10.5 Instituting an Adaptive EIA Process 469

10.6 Assessing Process Effectiveness 477

11 How to Connect and Combine EIA Processes 488

11.2 Insights from Practice 489

11.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 493

11.4 Composite Regulatory Frameworks 493

11.5 Matching Process and Context 495

11.6 Process Interconnections 499

11.7 Composite EIA Processes 504

11.8 Challenges and Priorities 510

11.9 Scenario Postscript 512.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-547) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0471457221

OCLC:

51764002

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