TY - BOOK AU - Glasson,John AU - Therivel,Riki AU - Chadwick,Andrew TI - Introduction to environmental impact assessment T2 - The natural and built environment series SN - 9780415664684 U1 - 333.71/4 PY - 2012/// CY - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, New York PB - Routledge KW - Environmental impact analysis KW - Great Britain N1 - Part 1: Principles and procedures-- 1. Introduction and principles-- 1.1 Introduction-- 1.2 The nature of EIA-- 1.3 The purposes of EIA-- 1.4 Projects, environment and impacts-- 1.5 Changing perspectives on EIA-- 1.6 Current issues in EIA-- 1.7 An outline of subsequent parts and chapters; Some questions-- 2. Origins and development-- 2.1 Introduction. -- 2.2 The National Environmental Policy Act and subsequent US systems-- 2.3 The worldwide spread of EIA -- 2.4 Development in the UK-- 2.5 EC Directive 85/337-- 2.6 EC Directive 85/337, as amended by Directive 97/11/EC-- 2.7 An overview of EIA systems in the EU: divergent practice in a converging system-- 2.8 Continuing issues, review and refinement of the EIA Directive in EU-27-- 2.9 Summary; Some questions-- 3. UK agency and legislative context-- 3.1 Introduction-- 3.2 The principal actors-- 3.3 EIA regulations: an overview-- 3.4 The Town and Country Planning (EIA) Regulations 2011-- 3.5 Other EIA regulations-- 3.6 Summary and conclusions on changing legislation; Some question-- 2: Process-- 4. Starting up: early stages-- 4.1 Introduction-- 4.2 Managing the EIA process-- 4.3 Project screening: is an EIA needed?-- 4.4 Scoping: which impacts and issues to consider?-- 4.5 The consideration of alternatives-- 4.6 Understanding the project/development action-- 4.7 Establishing the environmental baseline-- 4.8 Impact identification-- 4.9 Summary; Some questions-- 5. Impact prediction, evaluation, mitigation and enhancement-- 5.1 Introduction.-- 5.2 Prediction-- 5.3 Evaluation-- 5.4 Mitigation and enhancement-- 5.5 Summary; Some questions-- 6. Participation, presentation and review-- 6.1 Introduction-- 6.2 Public consultation and participation-- 6.3 Consultation with statutory consultees and other countries-- 6.4 EIA presentation-- 6.5 Review of EISs-- 6.6 Decisions on projects-- 6.7 Summary; Some questions-- 7. Monitoring and auditing: after the decision-- 7.1 Introduction-- 7.2 The importance of monitoring and auditing in the EIA process-- 7.3 Monitoring in practice-- 7.4 Auditing in practice-- 7.5 A UK case study: monitoring and auditing the local socio-economic impacts of the Sizewell B PWR construction project-- 7.6 A UK case study: monitoring the local impacts of the London 2012 Olympics project-- 7.7 Summary; Some questions-- Part 3: Practice-- 8. An overview of UK practice to date-- 8.1 Introduction-- 8.2 Number and type of EISs and projects-- 8.3 The pre-submission EIA process-- 8.4 EIS quality-- 8.5 The post-submission EIA process-- 8.6 Legal challenges-- 8.7 Costs and benefits of EIA-- 8.8 Summary; Some questions; Notes; References-- 9. Case studies of EIA in practice-- 9.1 Introduction. 10.Comparative practice -- Part - 4 Prospect-- 11.Widening the scope strategic environment assessment -- 12.Improving the effectiveness of project assessment. ER -