Ecological impact assessment /
Jo Treweek.
- London ; Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Science, 1999.
- xiii, 351 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-333) and index.
Ecological impact assessment; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; 2: Legislative contexts for ecological impact assessment; 3: Scoping; 4: Focusing procedures; 5: Identifying and predicting impacts; 6: Evaluation; 7: Ecological mitigation; 8: Monitoring; 9: Geographical information systems for ecological impact assessment; 10: Ecological impact assessment design and analysis; Glossary; References; Index.
The world's ecosystems are increasingly threatened by human development. Ecological impact assessment (EcIA) is used to predict and evaluate the impacts of development on ecosystems and their components, thereby providing the information needed to ensure that ecological issues are given full and proper consideration in development planning. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has emerged as a key to sustainable development by integrating social, economic and environmental issues in many countries. EcIA has a major part to play as a component of EIA but also has other potential applications in.