9780071370080: Environmental Assessment

Synopsis

The most comprehensive guide to environmental impact assessment and the only source with step-by-step procedures, "Environmental Assessment" tames the complexities of environmental law and makes planning, doing, and reporting easier. Unmatched in usefulness, "Environmental Assessment" provides practical procedures, guidelines, case studies, and context that make the art and science of impact evaluation simpler. Reach for the this to gain: help with every aspect of analyzing the environmental impact of a project; complete coverage of current assessment approaches, practices, procedures, documentation, regulations, and issues; step-by-step directions for preparing assessments and statements; valuable expert advice on international perspectives, public participation, environmental justice, and evaluating social and economic impacts; recent examples, case studies, and findings in law. With timely coverage of trends in policy and rule-making, and current topics such as international impacts, global warming, and biodiversity, "Environmental Assessment" helps you stay on the leading edge. This resource is essential for national environmental policy act compliance.

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À propos des auteurs

Ravi Jain (Cincinnati, OH) is Professor of civil and Environmental Engineering an at the University of Cincinnati.

L. V. Urban is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Texas Tech University, where he also serves as director of the Water Resources Center. His professional expertise lies in the areas of water resources, environmental engineering, and environmental impact analysis.

Gary S. Stacey is a senior economist for the Battelle-Europe Centres de Recherche in Geneve, Switzerland, and has more than 25 years’ experience in the fields of economics and economic impact assessment.

Harold Balbach (Champagne, IL) is a senior research scientist and research program manager in the Environmental Sustainment Laboratory, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, in Champaign, Illinois. Dr. Balbach has 20 years’ experience in the development of systems and approaches to preparing environmental documentation under NEPA.

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