Introduction to environmental impact assessment / John Glasson and Riki Therivel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the fifth edition; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Principles and procedures; 1 Introduction and principles; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The nature of environmental impact assessment; 1.2.1 Definitions; 1.2.2 Environmental impact assessment: a process; 1.2.3 Environmental impact statements: the documentation; 1.3 The purposes of environmental impact assessment; 1.3.1 An aid to decision-making; 1.3.2 An aid to the formulation of development actions 1.3.3 A vehicle for stakeholder consultation and participation1.3.4 An instrument for sustainable development; The nature of sustainable development; Institutional responses to sustainable development; 1.4 Projects, environment and impacts; 1.4.1 The nature of major projects; 1.4.2 Dimensions of the environment; 1.4.3 The nature of impacts; 1.5 Key participants in the EIA process; 1.6 Evolving perspectives on EIA; 1.6.1 EIA in its theoretical context; 1.6.2 The importance of adaptive EIA; 1.6.3 EIA in a rapidly growing impact assessment (IA) family; Scope; Scale; Integration 1.7 Current issues in environmental impact assessment1.7.1 The nature of methods of assessment; 1.7.2 The relative roles of participants in the process; 1.7.3 The quality and effectiveness of EIA; 1.7.4 The quality, efficiency and proportionate nature of the EIA process; 1.7.5 Beyond the decision; 1.7.6 Managing the widening scope and complexity of IA activity; 1.8 An outline of subsequent parts and chapters; Some questions; References; 2 US origins and worldwide development; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The National Environmental Policy Act and subsequent US systems; 2.2.1 Legislative history 2.2.2 An interpretation of NEPA2.2.3 A summary of NEPA procedures; 2.2.4 Recent trends in EIS activity; 2.2.5 Little NEPAs and the case of California; 2.3 NEPA critique, review and changes; 2.3.1 Strengths and weaknesses; 2.3.2 System review; 2.3.3 Important amendments; 2.3.4 Streamlining, synchronizing and integrating; 2.4 The worldwide spread of EIA; 2.4.1 Rapid evolution of EIA systems worldwide; 2.4.2 System variations and trends; 2.5 International bodies and EIA procedures; 2.6 Summary; Some questions; Notes; References; 3 EU and UK agency and legislative contexts; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 EC Directive 85/3373.2.1 Legislative history; 3.2.2 Summary of EC Directive 85/337 procedures; 3.3 EC Directive
ongoing issues and reviews; 3.3.1 Divergent practice in a converging system?; 3.3.2 Reviews and amendments 1993 to 2009; 1993 review; 1997 amendments and subsequent review; The 2003 review of the amended Directive 97/11/EC and further amendments; 2009 review and 2011 amendments/consolidation of Directive (2011/92/EU); 3.4 Current EIA Directive (2014/52/EU); 3.4.1 Genesis of the revised EIA Directive; 3.4.2 Main changes in the revised EIA Directive (2014/52/EU)