Methods of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment / Riki Therivel.

By:

Therivel, Riki [author.]

Contributor(s):

Wood, Graham

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Natural and Built Environment SeriesPublisher: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xvi, 720 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781315626932
9781317236504

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:

333.7140941

LOC classification:

TD194.68.G7 T447 2017

Online resources:

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Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction / Riki Therivel Graham Wood -- chapter 2 Water / Andrew Brookes Katy Kemble Sally-Beth Betts -- chapter 3 Soils, land and geology / Chris Stapleton Hugh Masters-Williams Martin J. Hodson -- chapter 4 Air / David P. Walker Hannah Dalton Graham Harker Kiri Heal -- chapter 5 Climate and climate change / Elizabeth Wilson Phill Minas -- chapter 6 Ecology / Roy Emberton Richard J. Wenning Jo Treweek -- chapter 7 Coastal ecology and geomorphology / Sian John David S. Brew Richard Cottle -- chapter 8 Ecosystem services / Jo Treweek Florence Landsberg -- chapter 9 Noise / Graham Wood Riki Therivel -- chapter 10 Transport / Chris Ferrary Polash Banerjee -- chapter 11 Landscape and visual / Rebecca Knight Riki Therivel -- chapter 12 Cultural heritage / Amanda Chisholm Júlio Jesus -- chapter 13 Socio-economic impacts 1: Overview and economic impacts / John Glasson -- chapter 14 Socio-economic impacts 2: Social impacts / Andrew Chadwick John Glasson -- chapter 15 Land acquisition, resettlement and livelihoods / Eddie Smyth Frank Vanclay -- chapter 16 Health / Marla Orenstein -- chapter 17 Resource efficiency / Riki Therivel -- chapter 18 Risk and risk assessment / Garry Middle -- chapter 19 Cumulative effects / Martin Broderick Bridget Durning Luis E. Sánchez -- chapter 20 Environmental and social management plans / Bridget Durning Martin Broderick.

Scope and content: "Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) is an important and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful ESIA needs not only an understanding of the theory but also a detailed knowledge of the methods for carrying out the processes required. Riki Therivel and Graham Wood bring together the latest advice on best practice from experienced practitioners to ensure an ESIA is carried out effectively and efficiently. This new edition:explains how an ESIA works and how it should be carried outdemonstrates the links between socio-economic, cultural, environmental and ecological systems and assessmentsincorporates the World Bank's IFC performance standards, and best practice examples from developing as well as developed countriesincludes new chapters on emerging ESIA topics such as climate change, ecosystem services, cultural impacts, resource efficiency, and land acquisition and involuntary resettlement.Invaluable to undergraduate and MSc students of ESIA in planning, ecology, geography and environment courses, this internationally-oriented fourth edition of Methods of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment is also of great use to planners, ESIA practitioners and professionals seeking to update their skills."--Provided by publisher.

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"Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) is an important and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful ESIA needs not only an understanding of the theory but also a detailed knowledge of the methods for carrying out the processes required. Riki Therivel and Graham Wood bring together the latest advice on best practice from experienced practitioners to ensure an ESIA is carried out effectively and efficiently. This new edition:explains how an ESIA works and how it should be carried outdemonstrates the links between socio-economic, cultural, environmental and ecological systems and assessmentsincorporates the World Bank's IFC performance standards, and best practice examples from developing as well as developed countriesincludes new chapters on emerging ESIA topics such as climate change, ecosystem services, cultural impacts, resource efficiency, and land acquisition and involuntary resettlement.Invaluable to undergraduate and MSc students of ESIA in planning, ecology, geography and environment courses, this internationally-oriented fourth edition of Methods of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment is also of great use to planners, ESIA practitioners and professionals seeking to update their skills."--Provided by publisher.

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