Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment (Natural and Built Environment Series)

This new edition of Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment is a practical, up-to-date explanation and guide to how EIAs are, and should be, carried out for specific environmental components (e.g. air, water, ecological systems, socio-economic systems). For each component, it includes a discussion of relevant definitions, concepts, regulations and standards, how baseline surveys are conducted, how impact predictions are made, what mitigation measures can be used, how the effectiveness of such measures should be monitored, and the limitations of the methods. This edition has a new second part, consisting of chapters on "cross-cutting" methods (environmental risk assessment, remote sensing, geographical information systems and quality of life capital) that can be applied to, and can often facilitate integration between, many of the environmental components discussed in the first part. Very few books exist on how EIA should be carried out for specific environmental components. Whereas its sister voMethods of Environmental Impact Assessment (Natural and Built Environment Series), 2 was published 2001 under ISBN 9780415239585 and ISBN 0415239583.