NEPA and Environmental Planning: Tools, Techniques, and Approaches for Practitioners

ISBN-13: 9780849375590 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 448 str.

Eccleston, Charles H.

Opis

A tool for predicting environmental impacts, this title can also be used to predict the impacts of potential terrorist attacks and natural disasters. It demonstrates how to use NEPA as a framework to support decision-making. It includes examples that demonstrate how NEPA can be efficiently integrated with other processes such as ISO 14001.

Spis treści

Preface
Introduction
Overview of the NEPA Process and Its Basic Requirements
Tools, Techniques, and Approaches for Improving and Streamlining NEPA
NEPA Streamlining Provisions
Performing a Systematic and Integrated Planning and Analysis Process
Exemptions and Categorical Exclusions
The Threshold Question
Preparing Environmental Assessments
Preparing Environmental Impact Statements
The Scope of Analysis
Planning and Mitigating Effects of Natural Disasters and Terrorist Attacks
Emergency Planning For Continuity of Business Operations
International Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Policy, Decision-Making, and Economics
Appendices A & B

O autorze

Charles H. Eccleston