Environmental assessment for sustainable development
Processes, actors and practice

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Thèmes d'Environmental assessment for sustainable development

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Ouvrage 510 p. · 18x23 cm · Relié
ISBN : 9782553011382 EAN : 9782553011382
Presses internationales Polytechnique
This book targets professors and university students interested in environmental assessment (EA), and particularly in environmental impact assessment (EIA), as well as all actors involved in the environmental scene including practitioners, members of non-governmental organizations, decision makers and citizens who wish to know more about managing their environment more effectively. Multiple environmental problems afflict our contemporary world and have been the subject of discussions during many international meetings. All declarations resulting from these meetings insist on including environmental problems and on EA as an important tool to achieve this. This book aims to reach three objectives. First, it introduces EA to people from different disciplines, and therefore it opens up the perspective of new disciplinary horizons. Second, the authors discuss EA as a socio-political process rather than emphasizing methodologies. Third, this book draws mainly on the experience in Francophone countries which is still poorly disseminated.

Chapter 1 Sustainable Development: An Analytical Framework for Environmental Assessment

Chapter 2 Definitions, Issues and History

Chapter 3 General Process, Regional Characteristics, Limitations and Constraints

Chapter 4 Project Proponent and Consulting Firms

Chapter 5 The Public

Chapter 6 The Decision Maker

Chapter 7 International Actors

Chapter 8 Public Participation

Chapter 9 Methods and Tools

Chapter 10 Process in Practice

Chapter 11 EA: Case Studies

Chapter 12 Strategic Environmental Assessment

Chapter 13 The Future of EIA

Appendix A - Glossary

Appendix B - Main Historical Benchmarks in EA in the Francophonie

Appendix C - Summaries of Selected EIA Processes in French-Speaking Countries

Appendix D - Some Essential EA Websites

References

Index

This book targets professors and university students interested in environmental assessment (EA), and particularly in environmental impact assessment (EIA), as well as all actors involved in the environmental scene including practitioners, members of non-governmental organizations, decision makers and citizens who wish to know more about managing their environment more effectively.

• Pierre André, Ph. D. (Biology), conceived the book and is its main author. He is professor in human environment with the Geography Department, Université de Montréal. He has been teaching impact assessment since 1984, and is an active member of different associations for impact assessment.
• Claude E. Delisle, Ph. D. (Biology), is a retired professor from the Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering Department, École Polytechnique de Montréal. He has been teaching about project environmental impact studies since 1977.
• Jean-Pierre Revéret, D.E.A. (Applied School), Ph. D. (Economics), is professor at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal. He has studied and provided training in several African countries and Eastern Europe.