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Title Furthering environmental impact assessment : towards a seamless connection between EIA and EMS / edited by Anastássios Perdicoúlis, Bridget Durning, Lisa Palframan
Published Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (263 pages)
Contents 1. Introduction / Bridget Durning, Lisa Palframan and Anastássios Perdicoúlis -- 2. Information and knowledge management / Luis E. Sánchez -- 3. Link framework analysis / Anastássios Perdicoúlis -- 4. Environmental management plans : origins, usage and development / Bridget Durning -- 5. ESIA effectiveness through links to EMS / Martin Broderick -- 6. EIA-EMS link in Vietnam / Dao Mai Anh and Clive Briffett -- 7. EIA-EMS link from the oil and gas industry / Behzad Raissiyan and Jenny Pope -- 8. EIA-EMS link from the renewables sector / Fiona Becker -- 9. EIA-EMS link from the waste management sector / Lisa Palframan -- 10. EIA-EMS link from the flood risk management sector / Karl Fuller [and others] -- 11. Moving towards sustainability management systems / Jane Scanlon and Jenny Pope -- 12. Sustainability management systems : two case studies / Jane Scanlon, Hudson Worsley and Neil Earnshaw
Summary The environmental impact of development projects is currently studied and mitigated from two distinct perspectives: before and after project implementation, with environmental impact assessment (EIA) and environmental management systems (EMS) being the main instruments on the respective sides. This double perspective creates a discontinuity in the way environmental impacts are analyzed, an issue that has been noted by both academics and practitioners. This book gathers and presents both theoretical and actual examples to link EIA with EMS and explores ways to overcome difficulties and provide
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Environmental impact analysis.
Environmental management.
Environmental impact statements.
environmental impact statements.
environmental control.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
Environmental impact statements
Environmental impact analysis
Environmental management
Form Electronic book
Author Perdicoulis, Anastassios.
Durning, Bridget.
Palframan, Lisa
LC no. 2012935292
ISBN 9781781953570
1781953570
0857933272
9780857933270