Keywords:
Environmental impact analysis.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book defines an appropriate role for science in EIA and explores whether scientific theory and practice are at their vanguard in EIA and related applications. Based on this review, the book concludes that improvements to the quality of science in EIA will rely on the adoption of stronger participatory and collaborative working arrangements.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (150 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781351173438
Series Statement:
Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5217947
DDC:
333.714
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Problem and context -- 1.2 Objectives -- 1.3 Approach, scope, and outline -- 2 Methods -- 3 Conceiving a role for science in EIA -- 3.1 Science and politics -- 3.2 Science inside and science outside -- 3.3 Science, politics, and administration -- 4 Foundations of science in EIA -- 4.1 Early EIA methods -- 4.2 Challenges from the scientific community -- 4.3 First generation scientific guidance -- 4.4 Provisions for scoping -- 4.5 Second generation scientific guidance -- 5 Beyond traditional science -- 5.1 Adaptive management -- 5.2 Post-normal science -- 5.3 Transdisciplinary imagination -- 5.4 Citizen science -- 6 Emerging concepts for science in EIA -- 6.1 Resilience -- 6.2 Thresholds -- 6.3 Complexity -- 6.4 Landscape ecology -- 6.5 Biodiversity -- 6.6 Sustainability -- 6.7 Climate change -- 6.8 Ecosystem services -- 7 Science in the EIA process -- 7.1 Scoping -- 7.1.1 Overview -- 7.1.2 Alternatives -- 7.1.3 VECs -- 7.1.4 Indicators -- 7.1.5 Boundaries -- 7.1.6 Drivers -- 7.2 Ecological characterization -- 7.2.1 Overview -- 7.2.2 Mobilizing science outside EIA -- 7.2.2.1 Functional relationships -- 7.2.2.2 Parameters and process studies -- 7.2.3 Data collection inside EIA -- 7.2.3.1 Field surveys -- 7.2.3.2 Local, traditional, and aboriginal knowledge -- 7.2.3.3 Integrating field surveys and traditional knowledge -- 7.3 Cause-effect research -- 7.3.1 Need for cause-effect knowledge inside EIA -- 7.3.2 Creation of cause-effect knowledge outside EIA -- 7.4 Impact prediction -- 7.4.1 Prediction and uncertainty in EIA -- 7.4.2 Using science to predict environmental impacts -- 7.5 Impact significance determination -- 7.5.1 Overview -- 7.5.2 Integrating technical and collaborative approaches -- 7.6 Evaluation of alternatives -- 7.6.1 Overview.
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7.6.2 Integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches -- 7.7 Formal reviews -- 7.7.1 Overview -- 7.7.2 Administrative, scientific, and political dimensions -- 7.8 Follow-up -- 7.8.1 Overview -- 7.8.2 Effects monitoring, adaptive management, and participation -- 7.8.3 Environmental effects knowledge -- 8 Conclusions -- Index.
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