Ecology, Impact Assessment, and Environmental Planning

ISBN-13: 9780471808954 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 544 str.

Walter E. Westman

Opis

This is the first integrated text on applied ecology, ecological impact assessment and environmental planning written by a biological ecologist with extensive experience in both planning and geography. The book critically reviews current methods of assessment and provides the conceptual and methodological basis for advancing the field. It also offers a detailed discussion of legal and planning issues by reviewing current environmental legislation, discussing risk analysis and decision making techniques, and presenting quantitative economic and non-economic techniques for evaluating ecological impacts.

Spis treści

Ecological Impact Assessment as a Discipline.

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, PUBLIC POLICY, AND DECISION MAKING.

Environmental Law: Planning Approaches and Ecological Constraints.

Environmental Decision Making.

SUMMARIZING AND EVALUATING IMPACTS.

Quantitative Approaches.

Economic Approaches.

Land.

PREDICTING IMPACTS: THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.

PREDICTING IMPACTS: THE BIOTA.

Structure and Function of Biological Communities.

Ecotoxicology: Assessing Impacts of Pollutants on Biota.

Sampling and Analysis of Ecological Data.

Species and Landscape Diversity.

Succession and Resilience of Ecosystems.

Index.