Environmental impact assessment : theory and practice
Anji Reddy Mareddy (Author)
Environmental Impact Assessment: Theory and Practice describes the various pieces of knowledge necessary to speak the language of EIA and carry out EIAs focusing on a variety of environmental issues, including impacts on environmental components, like air, water, soils, land, noise and biological environments. Organized into 15 chapters, the book provides engineers with the tools and methods to conduct an effective assessment, including report preparations, design measures and relevant mitigation steps that can be taken to reduce or avoid negative effects. Case Studies are presented, providing guidance professionals can use to better understand, plan and prepare environmental impact assessments
eBook, English, 2017
Elsevier Ltd. : Butterworth-Heinemann, Kidlington, Oxford, Cambridge, MA, 2017
1 online resource
9780128112380, 0128112387
990802553
Front Cover; Environmental Impact Assessment: Theory and Practice; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; About the author; Chapter 1: Conceptual facets of EIA; 1.1. Definition of EIA; 1.1.1. Environmental concerns; 1.1.2. Environmental indicators; 1.2. Types of EIA; 1.2.1. Strategic EIA (SEIA); 1.2.2. Regional EIA; 1.2.3. Sectoral ElA; 1.2.4. Project level EIA; 1.2.5. Life cycle assessment (LCA); 1.3. Grouping of environmental impacts; 1.3.1. Direct impacts; 1.3.2. Indirect impacts; 1.3.3. Cumulative impacts; 1.3.4. Induced impacts; 1.4. EIA principles and process; 1.4.1. EIA principles. 1.4.2. EIA process1.4.3. EIA benefits and flaws; 1.5. Environmental impact statement (EIS); 1.5.1. Draft EIS; 1.5.2. Final EIS; 1.5.3. Supplemental EIS; 1.6. Environmental Due Diligence (EDD) process; 1.6.1. Procedure to EDD; 1.7. Objectives of EIA; 1.8. Environmental impacts analysis; 1.8.1. Significant environmental impacts; 1.8.2. The stages of environmental impact analysis; 1.8.3. Stages of development; 1.9. Environmental sustainability; 1.9.1. Guiding principles; 1.9.2. The three pillars of sustainability; 1.10. Climate change and EIA; Chapter 2: EIA study planning and management. 2.1. Key issues2.2. Conceptual approach; 2.2.1. Project description and need (PDN); 2.2.2. Pertinent institutional information (PII); 2.2.3. Identification of potential impacts (IPI); 2.2.4. Description of affected environment (DAE); 2.2.5. Impact prediction (IP); 2.2.6. Impact assessment (IA); 2.2.7. Impact mitigation (IM); 2.2.8. Selecting the proposed action (SPA); 2.2.9. Preparing written documentation (PWD); 2.2.10. Environmental monitoring (EM); 2.3. Proposal development; 2.4. EIA team; 2.4.1. Interdisciplinary approach; 2.4.2. Factors of selection of team; 2.4.3. Attributes of EIA team. 2.5. Team leader selection and duties2.6. General study management; 2.7. Fiscal control; 2.7.1. EIA project budgeting; 2.7.2. Critics of EIA report; 2.8. EIA project management; 2.8.1. Project manager; 2.8.2. Role of EIA project manager; 2.8.3. Control mechanism of project management; Chapter 3: Baseline data and environmental setting; 3.1. Creation of EIA data base; 3.1.1. Satellite data and topomaps; 3.1.2. Data analysis methods; 3.1.3. Data type and source; 3.1.4. Data compilation; 3.2. EIA data products; 3.2.1. Thematic data products; 3.2.2. Topographic data products; 3.2.3. Field data. 3.2.4. Collateral data3.3. Environmental setting; 3.3.1. Conceptual framework; 3.3.2. Monitoring stations; 3.3.3. Environmental inventory; 3.4. Environmental baseline monitoring; 3.4.1. Types of EIA monitoring; 3.4.2. Requirements for EBM; 3.4.3. Planning of EBM; 3.5. Initial environmental evaluation; 3.6. Baseline data generation; 3.6.1. Environmental attributes; 3.6.2. Meteorological data; 3.6.3. Ambient air quality data; 3.6.4. Noise quality data; 3.6.5. Water quality data; 3.6.6. Geology and hydro-geological aspects; 3.6.7. Soil quality data; 3.6.8. Flora and Fauna studies
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