Introduction To Environmental Impact Assessment (The Natural and Built Environment Series)

Glasson, John and Therivel, Riki and Chadwick, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0415338379 / ISBN 13: 9780415338370

Published by Routledge, 2005

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.

Seller Inventory # CHL8968587

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction To Environmental Impact Assessment (The Natural and Built Environment Series)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415338379
• ISBN 13: 9780415338370
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Used; Good

About this title

Synopsis

A clearly structured overview of a key subject, this work provides the student with not only a complete introductory text but also a book to support further studies. Written by three authors with extensive research and practical experience in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), the treatment is up to date and brings together currently fragmented information from many sources. 

EIA is now firmly on the agenda as a result of the introduction of legislation at both national and international levels, and is very much in tune with widespread and growing concern about environmental issues and the impact of development on the environment. First introduced in the USA in the 1970s, the application of EIA has been accelerated in Europe by the 1985 EC directive, which led to its introduction in the UK in 1988, since when it has been a major growth area in planning practice. The originally anticipated 20 environmental impact statements per annum have now grown to well over 300, for projects such as power stations, roads, new settlements, mineral extraction schemes, waste-disposal installations and toursism developments, and this is but the tip of the iceberg.

Based on highly successful courses at one of the leading schools of planning, this book should serve the need for an introduction to EIA that goes beyond first principles and is informed by a wealth of teaching, research and practical experience.

Students on undergraduate and postgraduate planning programmes should find it useful as a course text, as will students of environmental management/policy, environmental sciences/studies, geography and the built environment. Planners, developers and decision makers in government and business should also welcome the book as a very effective means of getting to grips with a key new subject which they must fully integrate with their other activities.

About the Author

Riki Therivel is Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University, a Senior Research Associate in the IAU, and partner in Levett-Therivel sustainability consultants.