1st Edition

Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment in Practice

By Joe Weston Copyright 1997
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a fast-growing field of land-use planning affecting many disciplines. At present, UK Government legislation requires EIA for certain types of development. Subject to a further new European directive, an EIA will be required for all policies, plans and programmes. Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment in Practice provides a practical introduction... Read more
1. Introduction  2. EIA in the UK  3. Assessing the need for EIA  4. Taking charge of the environmental team  5. Scoping and public participation  6. Local authority review and decision making  7. Consultation and the conflict of interests in EIA  8. EIA and public inquiries  9. EIA monitoring and audit  10. EIA and pollution control 1 1. Lessons in EIA

Biography

Joe Weston is Senior Lecturer in EIA at Oxford Brookes University.