Keywords:
Environmental impact analysis.
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Electronic books.
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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