Impact Assessment

David P. Lawrence 지음

Wiley 2013년 06월 03일 출간

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Offers solutions and best practices to respond to recurrent problems and contemporary challenges in the fieldSince the publication of the first edition of Environmental Impact Assessment in 2003, both the practice and theory of impact assessment have changed substantially. Not only has the field been subject to a great deal of new regulations and guidelines, it has also evolved tremendously, with a greater emphasis on strategic environmental, sustainability, and human health impact assessments. Moreover, there is a greater call for impact assessments from a global perspective. This Second Edition, now titled Impact Assessment to reflect its broader scope and the breadth of these many changes, offers students and practitioners a current guide to today#39;s impact assessment practice.Impact Assessment begins with an introduction and then a chapter reviewing conventional approaches to the field. Next, the book is organized around recurrent problems and contemporary challenges in impact assessment process design and management, enabling readers to quickly find the material they need to solve tough problems, including:How to make impact assessments more influential, rigorous, rational, substantive, practical, democratic, collaborative, ethical, and adaptiveHow each problem and challenge#45;reducing process would operate at the regulatory and applied levelsHow each problem can be approached for different impact assessment types#151;sustainability assessment, strategic environmental assessment, project#45;level EIA, social impact assessment, ecological impact assessment, and health impact assessmentHow to link and combine impact assessment processes to operate in situations with multiple overlapping problems, challenges, and impact assessment typesHow to connect and combine impact assessment processesEach chapter first addresses the topic with current theory and the

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Preface ix1. Introduction 11.1 Highlights 11.2 A “Not So Hypothetical” Scenario 11.3 The Basics 51.4 A Structure 121.5 A Strategy 161.6 A Road Map 191.7 Summing Up 202. Conventional IA Processes 222.1 Highlights 222.2 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 222.3 Conventional EIA Choices 232.4 Choices for Other IATypes 342.5 Contemporary Challenge&m-SEA Good Practice Guidance 462.6 Summing Up 493. How to Make IAs More Influential 523.1 Highlights 523.2 Insights from Practice 523.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 563.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 623.5 Instituting an Influential IA Process 753.6 Contemporary Challenge&m-IA Influence&m-Good Practice Guidance 843.7 Summing Up 844. How to Make IAs More Rigorous 914.1 Highlights 914.2 Insights from Practice 914.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 944.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 944.5 Instituting a Rigorous IA Process 1004.6 Contemporary Challenge&m-Good Practice IA Follow-up 1114.7 Summing Up 1145. How to Make IAs More Rational 1165.1 Highlights 1165.2 Insights from Practice 1165.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 1195.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 1215.5 Instituting a Rational IA Process 1295.6 Contemporary Challenge&m-Siting “Locally Unwanted Land Uses” 1395.7 Summing Up 1486. How to Make IAs More Substantive 1506.1 Highlights 1506.2 Insights from Practice 1506.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction 1536.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route 1566.5 Instituting a Substantive IA Process 1696.6 Contemporary Challenge&mdas

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저자(글) David P. Lawrence

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DAVID P. LAWRENCE, PhD, is an Impact Assessment Specialist with more than thirty#45;five years of experience in study design, impact analysis, alternatives evaluation, social impact assessment, cumulative effects assessment, and sustainability. He has undertaken numerous applied impact assessment research studies, published extensively, and taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.