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Special issue: Science and the National Environmental Policy Act

Autor
various authors
Fecha
1993
Fuente
IUCN (ID: MON-049285)
Editor | Lugar de publicación
National Association of Environmental Professionals / University of New England | Washington, DC, USA
Páginas
154 p.
Idioma
Inglés
País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América, Canadá
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Descripción completa
Resumen

Contents: 1. Guidance for environmental impact assessment; 2. The National Environmental Policy Act and the role of the President's Council on Environmental Quality; 3. Substantive scientific and technical guidance for NEPA analysis: pitfalls in the real world; 4. Environmental assessment design: lessons from the Canadian experience; 5. Procedural vs. substantive in NEPA law: cutting the Gordian knot; 6. Formal guidance for the use of science in EIA: analysis of agency procedures for implementing NEPA; 7. Reasons and strategies for more effective NEPA implementation; 8. Use of the environmental assessment by federal agencies in NEPA implementation; 9. Post-EIS environmental auditing: a first step to making rational environmental assessment a reality; 10.The role of environmental monitoring in responsible project management; 11.The design of NEPA studies: application of the study design assurance process to the Upper Mississippi River navigation impact studies; 12.Formalizing expert judgment in the environmental impact assessment process; 13.Improving consideration of biodiversity in NEPA assessments; 14.Ecological function and resilience: neglected criteria for environmental impact assessment and ecological risk analysis; 15.Pragmatic suggestions for incorporating risk assessment principles in EIA studies; 16.The role of ecotoxicology in environmental impact assessment; 17.When is a cost exorbitant under NEPA? 18.Executive summary: a proposal for a national institute for the environment