Multicriteria Environmental Assessment A Practical Guide

This book uses real-life examples to analyze techniques for undertaking the task of making an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of a project. The text offers suggestions on how to quantify the effects on people's lives; comparative end results of using certain renewable and non-renewable re...

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Main Author: Munier, Nolberto (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht, Boston Kluwer Academic Publishers 2004
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Summary:This book uses real-life examples to analyze techniques for undertaking the task of making an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of a project. The text offers suggestions on how to quantify the effects on people's lives; comparative end results of using certain renewable and non-renewable resources; how to cost economic development against sustainability; and how to measure the unmeasurable: sunsets, tropical forests, mountains and more.
Physical Description:ix, 311 pages illustrations 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliograpical references and indexes
ISBN:1402020880
1401020902
9781402020889