Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment

Edited by Alberto Fonseca

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Reviewing over 50 years of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) policy-making and implementation around the world, this thought-provoking Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the current research surrounding EIA. Presenting new trends in law and policy-making, it highlights best practices in the application of technology to impact prediction and management, procedural efficiency, decision-making and public participation.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Environment; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
ISBN: 9781800379626
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment , pp 2-27

Alberto Fonseca

Ch 2 NEPA in the United States: death by extremism or redesign of a more useful tool? , pp 28-46

Michael R. Greenberg and Stuart Shapiro

Ch 3 Impact assessment in the post-COVID-19 world: the growing role of health impact assessment , pp 47-65

Mirko S. Winkler, Adithya Pradyumna, Francesca Viliani and Astrid M. Knoblauch

Ch 4 Integrated impact assessment: coming out of the shadows? , pp 66-84

Richard K. Morgan

Ch 5 Influence of EIA on project planning and design: exploring the gap between best and actual practice , pp 86-110

Claire Gronow

Ch 6 The theory and practice of scoping: delivering proportionate EIA reports , pp 111-125

Urmila Jha-Thakur, Fatemeh Khosravi and David Hoare

Ch 7 The benefits and perils of digital and automated technologies: impact assessment methods in the fourth industrial revolution , pp 126-145

Alberto Fonseca

Ch 8 A new agenda for significance determination in EIA: promoting community-based determination processes to counterbalance technocratic approaches , pp 146-162

Sara Bjørn Aaen, Ivar Lyhne and Helle Nedergaard Nielsen

Ch 9 Artificial intelligence solutions for environmental and social impact assessments , pp 163-177

Atiyah Curmally, Blaise W. Sandwidi and Aditi Jagtiani

Ch 10 Mitigating climate change through impact assessments: critical reflections from Canadian policy reform , pp 178-197

Karine Péloffy, Nick Zrinyi and Rosa Galvez

Ch 11 Follow-up: post-decision learning in EIA , pp 198-218

John Glasson

Ch 12 Uncertainty in EIA , pp 220-232

Sanne Vammen Larsen

Ch 13 Trade-offs in impact assessment design and implementation , pp 233-257

Robert B. Gibson and Alberto Fonseca

Ch 14 Heuristics and bias in assessing the social impacts of energy projects , pp 258-269

Douglas L. Bessette

Ch 15 Rightful resistance and activism through EIAs in Chile , pp 270-284

Rajiv Maher and Diego Gálvez Pino

Ch 16 Indigenous Peoples and impact assessment , pp 285-302

Philippe Hanna, Cássio Ingles de Sousa and Tumanako Fa'aui

Ch 17 Trends in EIA effectiveness research , pp 303-318

John J. Loomis and Mauricio Dziedzic

Ch 18 EIA best practice in Africa , pp 320-336

Luke Sandham, Francois Retief and Reece Alberts

Ch 19 EIA in Finland: the influence of international norms on the founding and evolution of national impact assessment systems , pp 337-351

Timo Koivurova, Katri-Maaria Kyllönen and Krittika Singh

Ch 20 EIA in Canada: strengthening follow-up, monitoring and evaluation , pp 352-365

Patricia Fitzpatrick and J. Byron Williams

Ch 21 EIA in Japan: the benefits of early public participation , pp 366-382

Tetsuya Kamijo

Ch 22 Environmental impact assessment in Brazil: a review of its rise (and fall?) , pp 383-403

Luis E. Sánchez and Carla Grigoletto Duarte

Ch 23 EIA in China: evolution and challenges , pp 404-421

He Xu, Yiting Yang, Huanzhi Wang and Xueyan Guo

Ch 24 The importance of leadership in impact assessment , pp 423-440

Ross Marshall and Maria Partidário

Ch 25 Epilogue (The future of impact prediction: what to expect from EIA in the next 50 years?) , pp 441-445

Alberto Fonseca

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