Treweek Ecological Impact Assessment

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1329-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

The world's ecosystems are increasingly threatened by humandevelopment. Ecological impact assessment (EcIA) is used to predictand evaluate the impacts of development on ecosystems and theircomponents,thereby providing the information needed to ensure thatecological issues are given full and proper consideration indevelopment planning. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) hasemerged as a key to sustainable development by integrating social,economic and environmental issues in many countries. EcIA has amajor part to play as a component of EIA but also has otherpotential applications in environmental planning and management.
Ecological Impact Assessment provides a comprehensivereview of the EcIA process and summarizes the ecological theoriesand tools that can be used to understand, explain and evaluate theecological consequences of development proposals. It is intendedfor the many individuals and companies involved in EIA and EcIA, aswell as other areas of environmental management where impacts onecosystems need to be evaluated. It will benefit planners,regulators, environmental consultants and scientists and will alsoprovide an invaluable sourcebook and guide for the growing numberof undergraduate students taking courses in applied ecology, EIAand related topics in environmental science.
* * A practical management guide for the increasing numbers ofpractitioners of EcIA.
* A rapidly expanding subject driven by the proliferation ofenvironmental legislation worldwide.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Treweek, Jo

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Legislative Contexts for Ecological Impact Assessment.
Scoping.
Focusing Procedures.
Identifying and Predicting Impacts.
Evaluation.
Ecological Mitigation.
Monitoring.
Geographic Information Systems for Ecological ImpactAssessment.
Ecological Impact Assessment Design and Analysis.
Glossary.
References.
Index.