01715pam a2200217 4500 7623 20181127184014.0 980713s1999 enkab b 001 0 eng 98030307 0632037385 333.95/14 21 Treweek, Jo. 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. Ecological assessment (Biology) 6530 6530 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 11579 0 333.9 TRE 30012054 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 MAIN