Environmental Impact Assessment

Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment written by Chris Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has become a vital management tool worldwide. EIA is a means of evaluating the likely consequences of a proposed major action which will significantly affect the environment, before that action is taken.This new edition of Wood's key text provides an authoritative, international review of environmental impact assessment, comparing systems used in the UK, USA, the Netherlands, Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand and South Africa.