Multicriteria Environmental Assessment A Practical Guide /

• Main Author: Munier, Nolberto (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Subjects: Environment.; Geographical information systems.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Nature conservation.; Nature Conservation.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Environmental Management.

The purpose of this book is to analyze, with actual examples, different techniques that have been developed to tackle the complex task of making an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of a project. A project may influence the lives of many people, can change the physical environment temporarily or...

Table of Contents:

• General Background
• General Information
• Projects and Impacts
• Criteria
• Elements of Environmental Appraisal
• Information for EIA
• Techniques for Environmental Appraisal
• EIA in the Urban Scenario
• EIA and Urbanization.