A large body of literature addresses the role of science in environmental impact assessment (EIA) but less attention has been given to the views of practitioners themselves. In this research a survey of 31 EIA practitioners in Western Australia was undertaken to determine their perceptions of the quality and importance of science in EIA. The survey results are compared with previous theoretical...

Avoiding or minimizing potential environmental impact is the driving idea behind protecting a population's health via Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs). However, both are often carried out without any systematic approach. This paper describes the findings of a review of HIA, EIA andSEA experiences carried out by the authors, who act as instit...

South Africa has one of the worlds most advanced environmental legal frameworks entrenched with the environmental right to “ecologically sustainable development”. Numerous tools, including environmental impact assessment (EIA), are made available within the legal framework as listed in the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA). EIAs have proven useful tools towards achieving sustainabili...

infrastructure development often leads to considerable changes in the land use. these changes are major causes of habitat fragmentation and ecosystem loss. moreover, decrease of the environmental impacts on biodiversity is among the most important objectives of sustainable development. for this purpose, environmental impact assessment (eia) along with the other appropriate tools can be applied ...

Changes in the practice of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and advances in information technology have greatly expanded the range of tools available to the EIA practitioner. For example, map overlay methods, originally pioneered by McHarg (1971), have evolved into sophisticated Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Expert systems, a branch of artificial intelligence, have been developed t...

Abstract Since the 1970s, environmental impact assessment (EIA) has been employed as an management tool to minimize or prevent potential impacts caused. Its use in Turkey was mandated from February 7, 1993. An EIA, which is of particular concern mining sector, implemented many sectors. In this study, after providing brief information about EIA regulation, analysis done by determining status act...

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has been widely recognized as a crucial instrument for sound decision-making that will promote environmental conservation and sustainable development. International jurisprudence clarified the obligation of EIA under customary international law, especially concerning its legal status, threshold standards, procedural requirements, well issue State responsibi...

The scientific and technical credibility of an environmental impact assessment (EIA) relies on the ability of the EIA practitioners to estimate the nature, extent, and magnitude of change in environmental components that may result from project activities. Information about predicted changes is needed for assigning impact significance, prescribing mitigation measures, and designing and developi...

HE HISTORY OF environmental impact assessment (EIA) follow-up is nearly as long as the practice of EIA itself. A large body of work produced in the 1980s was devoted to the topic and this set the scene concerning aims, approaches and techniques for EIA follow-up. A recent upsurge of interest in EIA follow-up has seen it become the topic for a series of workshops at the International Association...