Environmental Impact Assessment

Brian D. Clark PADC Environmental Impact Assessment and Planning Unit Project Director Events throughout the world substantiate the view that planning and decision-making systems need a better integration of environ­ mental, economic and social considerat

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Series 0: Behavioural and Social Sciences - No. 14

Environmental Impact Assessment edited by

PADC Environmental Impact Assessment and Planning Unit University of Aberdeen United Kingdom

1983

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Environmental Impact Assessment, Chateau de Bonas, Toulouse, France, August 30 - September 12, 1981 Library of Congress Cataloging In Publication Data NATO Advanced Study Institute on Environmental Impact Assessment (1981 : Toulouse, France) Environmental impact assessment. (NATO advanced study institutes series. Series D, Behavioural and social sciences ; no. 14) Includes index. 1. Environmental impact analysis--Congresses. I. University of Aberdeen. PADC Environmental Impact Assessment and Planning Unit. II. Title. III. Series. TD194.6.N37 1981 333.7'1 82-22579 ISBN-13: 978-94-009-6797-7 001: 10.1007/978-94-009-6795-3

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

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Acknowledgements

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OVERVIEW Brian D. Clark Aims and Objectives of Environmental Impact Assessment Kriton Curi Environmental Impact Assessment from the Point of View of a Developing Country

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SELECTED NATIONAL PROCEDURES C. P. Wolf The U.S. Model of Environmental Impact Assessment

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W. J. Couch, J. F. Herity and R. E. Munn Environmental Impact Assessment in Canada

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND THE PLANNING PRO