Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and the aims of the book -- 1.2 The ESIA process -- 1.3 The broader context for ESIA -- 1.4 Book structure -- 2 Water -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Definitions and concepts -- 2.3 Key legislation, guidance and standards -- 2.4 Scoping -- 2.5 Baseline -- 2.6 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 2.7 Mitigation -- 2.8 Monitoring -- 2.9 Conclusions -- 3 Soils, land and geology -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Definitions and concepts -- 3.3 Key policy and legislation -- 3.4 Scoping and baseline studies -- 3.5 Impact prediction -- 3.6 Mitigation -- 3.7 Monitoring -- 3.8 Conclusions -- 4 Air -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Definitions and concepts -- 4.3 Key international guidelines and standards -- 4.4 Scoping and baseline studies -- 4.5 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 4.6 Mitigation and enhancement -- 4.7 Monitoring -- 4.8 Conclusions -- 5 Climate and climate change -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Definitions and concepts -- 5.3 Key legislation, guidance and standards -- 5.4 Scoping and baseline studies -- 5.5 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 5.6 Mitigation and monitoring -- 5.7 Conclusions -- 6 Ecology -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Definitions and concepts -- 6.3 Key legislation, guidance and standards -- 6.4 Defining the baseline - scoping -- 6.5 Defining the baseline - desk studies and surveys -- 6.6 Detailed surveys and evaluation of baseline conditions -- 6.7 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 6.8 Mitigation -- 6.9 Monitoring -- 6.10 Conclusions -- 7 Coastal ecology and geomorphology -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Definitions and concepts -- 7.3 Key legislation, policies and guidance -- 7.4 Scoping and baseline studies -- 7.5 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 7.6 Mitigation. , 7.7 Monitoring -- 7.8 Conclusions -- 8 Ecosystem services -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Definitions and concepts -- 8.3 Key policy, legislation, guidance and standards -- 8.4 Scoping and baseline studies -- 8.5 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 8.6 Mitigation and enhancement -- 8.7 Monitoring -- 8.8 Conclusions -- 9 Noise -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Definitions and concepts -- 9.3 Key legislation, guidance and standards -- 9.4 Scoping and baseline studies -- 9.5 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 9.6 Mitigation -- 9.7 Monitoring -- 9.8 Conclusions -- 10 Transport -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Definitions and concepts -- 10.3 Key guidance -- 10.4 Scoping and baseline studies -- 10.5 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 10.6 Mitigation -- 10.7 Monitoring -- 10.8 Conclusions -- 11 Landscape and visual -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Definitions and concepts -- 11.3 Key legislation and guidance -- 11.4 Scoping and baseline studies -- 11.5 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 11.6 Mitigation and enhancement -- 11.7 Monitoring -- 11.8 Conclusions -- 12 Cultural heritage -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Definitions and concepts -- 12.3 Key legislation, guidance and standards -- 12.4 Baseline studies -- 12.5 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 12.6 Interactions -- 12.7 Mitigation and enhancement -- 12.8 Monitoring -- 12.9 Conclusions -- 13 Socio-economic impacts 1: Overview and economic impacts -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Definitions and concepts -- 13.3 Key legislation, guidance and standards -- 13.4 Scoping and baseline studies -- 13.5 Impact prediction and evaluation: direct and indirect employment impacts -- 13.6 Mitigation and enhancement -- 13.7 Monitoring -- 13.8 Conclusions -- 14 Socio-economic impacts 2: Social impacts -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Definitions and concepts -- 14.3 Key legislation, guidance and concepts -- 14.4 Scoping and baseline studies. , 14.5 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 14.6 Mitigation and enhancement -- 14.7 Monitoring -- 14.8 Conclusions -- 15 Land acquisition, resettlement and livelihoods -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Definitions, concepts, key guidance/standards -- 15.3 Outline of the resettlement process -- 15.4 Scoping and initial planning -- 15.5 Profiling and baseline data collection -- 15.6 Development of the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) -- 15.7 Implementation and handover -- 15.8 Livelihood restoration and enhancement -- 15.9 Monitoring and evaluation -- 15.10 Conclusions -- 16 Health -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Definitions and concepts -- 16.3 Key legislation, guidance and standards -- 16.4 Screening and scoping for HIA -- 16.5 Assessment for HIA -- 16.6 Mitigation/enhancement and monitoring for HIA -- 16.7 Human Health Risk Assessment -- 16.8 What capabilities are needed to undertake HIA? -- 16.9 Conclusions -- 17 Resource efficiency -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Definitions and concepts -- 17.3 Key legislation, guidance and standards -- 17.4 Scoping and baseline studies -- 17.5 Impact prediction and evaluation -- 17.6 Mitigation -- 17.7 Conclusions -- 18 Risk and risk assessment -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Definitions and concepts -- 18.3 Prediction and evaluation -- 18.4 Mitigation -- 18.5 Beyond QRA and qualitative risk assessment? -- 18.6 QRA and ESIA -- 18.7 Conclusions -- 19 Cumulative effects -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Definitions and concepts -- 19.3 Key legislation and guidance -- 19.4 Scoping and baseline -- 19.5 Prediction and evaluation -- 19.6 Mitigation -- 19.7 Monitoring and management -- 19.8 Conclusions -- 20 Environmental and social management plans -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 Definitions and concepts -- 20.3 Key legislation, policy and guidance -- 20.4 Developing an ESMP -- 20.5 Conclusions -- Glossary -- Index.