Routledge Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment

by Kevin Hanna (Editor)

Overview

This Handbook provides readers with a strong foundation for understanding the practice of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), by outlining the different types of assessment while also providing a guide to best practice. This book will be essential for students, scholars, and practitioners of Environmental Impact Assessment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032130019
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/27/2024
Series:	Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
Pages:	386
Sales rank:	1,039,787
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kevin Hanna is Director of the Centre for Environmental Assessment Research at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Types of Assessment, Issues, and Practices 1. A brief introduction to environmental impact assessment 2. Strategic environmental assessment: one name multiple concepts 3. Cumulative effects assessment 4. Social impact assessment 5. Risk assessment and risk management 6. Sustainability assessment principles and practices 7. Climate change in environmental assessment 8. Health impact assessment 9. Environmental Impact Assessment and Disaster Risk Management 10. Regional assessment 11. Gender-based analysis and environmental impact assessments 12. Geographic information sciences in environmental impact Assessment 13. Indigenous impact assessment 14. Innovative approaches to achieving meaningful public participation in next generation impact assessment Part 2. Jurisdictional Profiles 15. EIA best practice for the developing world 16. The European Union Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 17. The US National Environmental Policy Act 18. Environmental assessment in England 19. Environmental assessment reform in Canada