Overview
- An accessible treatment of economic and social impacts in the context of environmental impact assessment
- Includes a discussion of the practice and key tools used in assessment
- Provides a clear link to Environmental Impact Assessment and sustainable development
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Environmental Policy and Regulation (PSEPR)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Background to Environmental Impact Assessment
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Tightening the Nuts and Bolts of EIA
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Offsetting Environmental Damage
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About this book
This book provides a detailed treatment of the ecological, economic and social impacts in the context of environmental impact assessment (EIA) and makes clear the necessary link between EIA and the sustainability principles of protecting biodiversity, risk aversion, and inter and intra-generational equity. It proposes that the benefits and costs of a project need to be weighted according to who bears them, giving particular attention to the planet’s poor. Furthermore, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of environmental offsetting which has come to be commonly resorted to when negative impacts cannot be mitigated. In this context, the book argues that offsetting is only viable if advanced offsets are quarantined through a Strategic Environmental Impact approach. Finally, the book explores the role of the various disciplines which need to be mastered in undertaking an EIA.
This book takes you on a journey from the beginning of environmental impact assessment to the present day. It is a scholarly warts and all study. For each trial and tribulation, Hundloe presents a remedy. It is essential reading and an invaluable reference for environmental practitioners, politicians, policy makers, academics and, the most important group, future environmental practitioners.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Impact Assessment
Book Subtitle: Incorporating Sustainability Principles
Authors: Tor Hundloe
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Environmental Policy and Regulation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80942-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80941-6Published: 02 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80944-7Published: 03 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-80942-3Published: 01 January 2022
Series ISSN: 2946-3955
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3963
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 320
Topics: Environmental Management, Environmental Geography, Geography, general, Environmental Policy