Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Developing Countries, Second Edition, outlines an evaluation framework that supports environmental professionals, researchers and academics in evaluating the effectiveness of impact assessment within limited budgets, promotes standardization across the field, and helps determine if Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is achieving its intended goal of sustainable development. Using Bangladesh as a case study, the book discusses key processes, highlights the need for an integrated, holistic approach, outlines the current institutional framework, and discusses environmental impact, social impact, community participation, and the implementation of mitigation measures.
This new edition provides a fully updated picture of both recent changes and ongoing development in process, such as the growth in social wellbeing, community participation and enhanced auditing. Finally, the challenges still facing EIA and SIA evaluation are addressed as robustly as possible.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction - p. xvii 2. Chapter 2: Effective Environmental Impact Assessment System: The Need for an Integrated Holistic Approach - p. 6 3. Chapter 3: Institutional Framework of the Environmental Impact Assessment System - p. 29 4. Chapter 4: The Quality of Environmental Impact Statements - p. 57 5. Chapter 5: Evaluating Social Impact Assessment - p. 90 6. Chapter 6: Evaluating Community Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment - p. 122 7. Chapter 7: Implementation of Mitigation Measures: EIA Practice at Post-EIS Stage - p. 140 8. Chapter 8: Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: Framework for Effective EIA System - p. 184 9. Glossary of Terms - p. 203 10. Index - p. 207
Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Developing Countries, Second Edition, outlines an evaluation framework that supports environmental professionals, researchers and academics in evaluating the effectiveness of impact assessment within limited budgets, promotes standardization across the field, and helps determine if Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is achieving its intended goal of sustainable development. Using Bangladesh as a case study, the book discusses key processes, highlights the need for an integrated, holistic approach, outlines the current institutional framework, and discusses environmental impact, social impact, community participation, and the implementation of mitigation measures.
This new edition provides a fully updated picture of both recent changes and ongoing development in process, such as the growth in social wellbeing, community participation and enhanced auditing. Finally, the challenges still facing EIA and SIA evaluation are addressed as robustly as possible.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction - p. xvii 2. Chapter 2: Effective Environmental Impact Assessment System: The Need for an Integrated Holistic Approach - p. 6 3. Chapter 3: Institutional Framework of the Environmental Impact Assessment System - p. 29 4. Chapter 4: The Quality of Environmental Impact Statements - p. 57 5. Chapter 5: Evaluating Social Impact Assessment - p. 90 6. Chapter 6: Evaluating Community Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment - p. 122 7. Chapter 7: Implementation of Mitigation Measures: EIA Practice at Post-EIS Stage - p. 140 8. Chapter 8: Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: Framework for Effective EIA System - p. 184 9. Glossary of Terms - p. 203 10. Index - p. 207
