Target market
This book targets professors and university students
interested in environmental assessment (EA), and particularly in environmental impact
assessment (EIA), as well as all actors involved in the environmental scene including
practitioners, members of non-governmental organizations, decision makers and citizens
who wish to know more about managing their environment more effectively.
Need
Multiple environmental problems afflict our contemporary
world and have been the subject of discussions during many international meetings. All
declarations resulting from these meetings insist on including environmental problems
and on EA as an important tool to achieve this. This book aims to reach three objectives.
First, it introduces EA to people from different disciplines, and therefore it opens up
the perspective of new disciplinary horizons. Second, the authors discuss EA as a
socio-political process rather than emphasizing methodologies. Third, this book draws
mainly on the experience in Francophone countries which is still poorly disseminated.
Subject
Since this book is aimed at a multidisciplinary
clientele with multiple interests, the authors decided to approach the subject
by focussing on process and actors. Thus, the subject matter is divided into five
major parts: the history and major issues of EA from a sustainable development
perspective (Chapters 1 to 3); the actors, i.e. the Project Proponent and consulting
firms, the public, the decision maker and international actors (Chapters 4 to 7);
methods and tools including public participation (Chapters 8 and 9); processes in
practice through step by step processes in pratice and cas studies (Chapters 10 and 11);
and, finally, recent and upcoming developments in EA, including elements of strategic
environmental assessment (Chapters 12 and 13). An index facilitates searching for
information. The reader is also invited to consult the book's website.
Authors
Pierre André, Ph. D. (Biology), conceived the book and is
its main author. He is professor in human environment with the Geography Department,
Université de Montréal. He has been teaching impact assessment since 1984, and is an
active member of different associations for impact assessment.
Claude E. Delisle, Ph. D. (Biology), is a retired professor from the Civil, Geological
and Mining Engineering Department, École Polytechnique de Montréal. He has been teaching
about project environmental impact studies since 1977.
Jean-Pierre Revéret, D.E.A. (Applied School), Ph. D. (Economics), is professor at the
Institute of Environmental Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal. He has studied and
provided training in several African countries and Eastern Europe.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Sustainable Development: An Analytical Framework for Environmental Assessment
Chapter 2
Definitions, Issues and History
Chapter 3
General Process, Regional Characteristics, Limitations and Constraints
Chapter 4
Project Proponent and Consulting Firms
Chapter 5
The Public
Chapter 6
The Decision Maker
Chapter 7
International Actors
Chapter 8
Public Participation
Chapter 9
Methods and Tools
Chapter 10
Process in Practice
Chapter 11
EA: Case Studies
Chapter 12
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Chapter 13
The Future of EIA
Appendix A
Glossary
Appendix B
Main Historical Benchmarks in EA in the Francophonie
Appendix C
Summaries of Selected EIA Processes in French-Speaking Countries
Appendix D
Some Essential EA Websites
References
Index
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