The Application of Science in Environmental Impact Assessment by MacKinnon, Aaron J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents List of abbreviations 1 Introduction

1.1 Problem and context 1.2 Objectives 1.3 Approach, scope, and outline

2 Methods 3 Conceiving a role for science in EIA

3.1 Science and politics 3.2 Science inside and science outside 3.3 Science, politics, and administration

4 Foundations of science in EIA

4.1 Early EIA methods 4.2 Challenges from the scientific community 4.3 First generation scientific guidance 4.4 Provisions for scoping 4.5 Second generation scientific guidance

5 Beyond traditional science

5.1 Adaptive management 5.2 Post-normal science 5.3 Transdisciplinary imagination 5.4 Citizen science

6 Emerging concepts for science in EIA

6.1 Resilience 6.2 Thresholds 6.3 Complexity 6.4 Landscape ecology 6.5 Biodiversity 6.6 Sustainability 6.7 Climate change 6.8 Ecosystem services

7 Science in the EIA process

7.1 Scoping

7.1.1 Overview 7.1.2 Alternatives 7.1.3 VECs 7.1.4 Indicators 7.1.5 Boundaries 7.1.6 Drivers

7.2 Ecological characterization

7.2.1 Overview 7.2.2 Mobilizing science outside EIA

7.2.2.1 Functional relationships 7.2.2.2 Parameters and process studies

7.2.3 Data collection inside EIA

7.2.3.1 Field surveys 7.2.3.2 Local, traditional, and aboriginal knowledge 7.2.3.3 Integrating field surveys and traditional knowledge

7.3 Cause-effect research

7.4 Impact prediction

7.4.1 Prediction and uncertainty in EIA 7.4.2 Using science to predict environmental impacts

7.5 Impact significance determination

7.5.1 Overview 7.5.2 Integrating technical and collaborative approaches

7.6 Evaluation of alternatives

7.6.1 Overview 7.6.2 Integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches

7.7 Formal reviews

7.7.1 Overview 7.7.2 Administrative, scientific, and political dimensions

7.8 Follow-up

7.8.1 Overview 7.8.2 Effects monitoring, adaptive management, and participation 7.8.3 Environmental effects knowledge

8 Conclusions Index