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Impact Assessment : Practical Solutions to Recurrent Problems and Contemporary Challenges.
Title:
Impact Assessment : Practical Solutions to Recurrent Problems and Contemporary Challenges.
Author:
Lawrence, David P.
ISBN:
9781118678404
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1123 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Highlights -- 1.2 A "Not so Hypothetical" Scenario -- 1.3 The Basics -- 1.4 A Structure -- 1.5 A Strategy -- 1.6 A Road Map -- 1.7 Summing Up -- Chapter 2: Conventional IA Processes -- 2.1 Highlights -- 2.2 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction -- 2.3 Conventional EIA Choices -- 2.4 Choices for Other IA Types -- 2.5 Contemporary Challenge-Sea Good Practice Guidance -- 2.6 Summing Up -- Chapter 3: How to Make IAs More Influential -- 3.1 Highlights -- 3.2 Insights From Practice -- 3.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction -- 3.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route -- 3.5 Instituting an Influential IA Process -- 3.6 Contemporary Challenge-IA Influence-Good Practice Guidance -- 3.7 Summing Up -- Chapter 4: How to Make IAs More Rigorous -- 4.1 Highlights -- 4.2 Insights from Practice -- 4.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction -- 4.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route -- 4.5 Instituting a Rigorous IA Process -- 4.6 Contemporary Challenge-Good Practice IA Follow-Up -- 4.7 Summing Up -- Chapter 5: How to Make IAs More Rational -- 5.1 Highlights -- 5.2 Insights from Practice -- 5.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction -- 5.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route -- 5.5 Instituting a Rational IA Process -- 5.6 Contemporary Challenge-Siting "Locally Unwanted Land Uses" -- 5.7 Summing Up -- Chapter 6: How to Make IAs More Substantive -- 6.1 Highlights -- 6.2 Insights From Practice -- 6.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding On a Direction -- 6.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route -- 6.5 Instituting A Substantive IA Process -- 6.6 Contemporary Challenge-Horizontal IA Integration -- 6.7 Summing Up -- Chapter 7: How to Make IAs More Practical -- 7.1 Highlights -- 7.2 Insights From Practice.

7.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding On a Direction -- 7.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route -- 7.5 Instituting A Practical IA Process -- 7.6 Contempory Challenge-Cea Good Practice -- 7.7 Summing Up -- Chapter 8: How to Make IAs More Democratic -- 8.1 Highlights -- 8.2 Insights From Practice -- 8.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding On a Direction -- 8.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route -- 8.5 Instituting A Democratic IA Process -- 8.6 Contemporary Challenge-Multijurisdictional IA -- 8.7 Summing Up -- Chapter 9: How to Make IAs More Collaborative -- 9.1 Highlights -- 9.2 Insights from Practice -- 9.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction -- 9.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route -- 9.5 Instituting a Collaborative IA Process -- 9.6 Contemporary Challenge-IA Capacity Building -- 9.7 Summing Up -- Chapter 10: How to Make IAs More Ethical -- 10.1 Highlights -- 10.2 Insights from Practice -- 10.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction -- 10.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route -- 10.5 Instituting an Ethical IA Process -- 10.6 Contemporary Challenge-Significance Determination -- 10.7 Summing Up -- Chapter 11: How to Make IAs More Adaptable -- 11.1 Highlights -- 11.2 Insights from Practice -- 11.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction -- 11.4 Selecting the Most Appropriate Route -- 11.5 Instituting an Adaptive IA Process -- 11.6 Contemporary Challenge-Climate Change -- 11.7 Summing Up -- Chapter 12: How to Connect and Combine IA Processes -- 12.1 Highlights -- 12.2 Insights From Practice -- 12.3 Defining the Problem and Deciding on a Direction -- 12.4 Composite Regulatory Frameworks -- 12.5 Recurrent Problems -- 12.6 IA Types -- 12.7 Contemporary Challenge-Matching Process and Context -- 12.8 Contemporary Challenges -- 12.9 Composite IA Processes -- 12.10 Limits and Priorities -- 12.11 Summing Up -- References.

Index.
Abstract:
DAVID P. LAWRENCE, PhD, is an Impact Assessment Specialist with more than thirty-five years of experience in study design, impact analysis, alternatives evaluation, social impact assessment, cumulative effects assessment, and sustainability. He has undertaken numerous applied impact assessment research studies, published extensively, and taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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