Salim Momtaz, Zobaidul Kabir

Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Developing Countries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Developing Countries, Second Edition, outlines an evaluation framework that supports environmental professionals, researchers and academics in evaluating the effectiveness of impact assessment within limited budgets, promotes standardization across the field, and helps determine if Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is achieving its intended goal of sustainable development. Using Bangladesh as a case study, the book discusses key processes, highlights the need for an integrated, holistic approach, outlines the current institutional framework, and discusses environmental impact, social impact, community participation, and the implementation of mitigation measures.

This new edition provides a fully updated picture of both recent changes and ongoing development in process, such as the growth in social wellbeing, community participation and enhanced auditing. Finally, the challenges still facing EIA and SIA evaluation are addressed as robustly as possible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2017-0-02215-2
• 2. Aufl.
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 11mm x 152mm x 229mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780128150405
• Artikelnr.: 51254454

Autorenporträt

Dr. Salim Momtaz is an Associate Professor, School of Environmental and Life Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He teaches in the area of Sustainable Resource Management. He received his BSc and MSc degrees in Geography from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained a PhD in Sustainable Development from the University of London under a Commonwealth Scholarship. Salim migrated to Australia in 1994. From 1995 to 1998 he taught Geography at Central Queensland University, Australia. He joined the University of Newcastle in 1999 where he has been teaching since. He had a stint in the US as a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University, Washington DC. He received Rotary International Ambassadorial Fellowship to teach and conduct research in Bangladesh. Salim's current research interests include climate change adaptation, environmental governance and social impact assessment. Salim led the team that conducted one of the first social impact assessment studies in A

ustralia 'Independent Social Impact Assessment, RSERC, Rockhampton, 1998'. Salim published six books and many articles in international journals. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Netherlands Government Research Organization, between 2007 and 2010 and is currently on the panel of international reviewers with the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction2. Evaluating the effectiveness of environmental impact assessment system in developing countries: the need for an integrated holistic approach3. Institutional framework of the environmental impact assessment system4. The quality of environmental impact statements5. Evaluating social impact assessment 6. Evaluating community participation in environmental impact assessment7. Implementation of Mitigation Measures: EIA Practice at Post-EIS Stage8. Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: Framework for Effective EIA System

Rezensionen

"Authors Momtaz and Kabir present an original, integrated framework for evaluating environmental and social impact assessments and demonstrate the framework's use with empirical evidence from a full-length case study of Bangladesh.The book will be of interest to academics, researchers, practitioners, and students in environmental and social impact assessments, as well as those in environmental science and management, development studies, and political economy." --Reference & Research Book News, October 2013