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Tables of Contents for Environmental Impact Assessment
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
vii
 
List of abbreviations
xi
 
The aims and context of environmental impact assessment
1
27
Introduction
1
2
Aim of the book
3
1
Problems with EIA quality and effectiveness
4
2
EIA education and the quality of EIA studies
6
6
The aims, objectives and context of EIA
12
10
EIA, information and methodology
22
3
Scope and organization of the book
25
3
The principles of EIA
28
25
Introduction
28
3
Principles of EIA
31
17
Institutional and socio-cultural influences in EIA
48
5
Methodology, science and EIA
53
32
Introduction
53
1
Methodology in the EIA literature
53
22
Science and EIA
75
10
A methodological framework for EIA
85
8
Introduction
85
1
The elements of the methodological framework
85
6
Methodological principles
91
2
Screening and scoping: principles and approaches
93
21
Introduction
93
1
Screening
93
9
Scoping
102
10
A scoping methodology
112
2
Impact identification
114
33
The purpose of impact identification
114
1
Systematic approaches to impact identification
115
1
Approaches to impact identification: from checklists to systems models
116
18
Developing an impact identification strategy
134
4
Scoping aids: published guidelines and computers
138
9
Public involvement in EIA
147
31
Introduction
147
1
Aims and objectives of public involvement in EIA
148
5
Practical issues
153
12
The importance of strategy
165
5
The importance of communication
170
8
Prediction and monitoring
178
42
Introduction
178
2
Problems with prediction in EIA
180
5
Prediction methodology and methods
185
10
The nature and scope of prediction information
195
6
Cumulative effects
201
14
Monitoring
215
5
Evaluation 1. Introduction and monetary methods
220
18
Introduction
220
2
Values, beliefs and attitudes
222
2
To amalgamate, or not to amalgamate?
224
2
Techno-scientific evaluation methods
226
12
Evaluation 2. Non-monetary and socio-scientific methods
238
23
Techno-scientific evaluation: scaling/weighting methods
238
4
Examples of scaling/weighting methods
242
7
Socio-scientific evaluation methods
249
12
Quality control: reviewing EIAs
261
13
Introduction
261
1
Purposes of reviewing EIA documents
261
2
Approaches to EIA reviewing
263
2
Reviewing guidelines: some examples
265
6
Wider benefits of reviewing guidelines
271
3
Synthesis and conclusions
274
14
Introduction
274
1
Methodological principles
274
1
The main EIA steps
275
8
Conclusions
283
5
References
288
13
Index
301