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Evaluating environmental and social impact assessment in developing countries
Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Developing Countries, Second Edition, outlines an evaluation framework that supports environmental professionals, researchers and academics in evaluating the effectiveness of impact assessment within limited budgets, promotes standardization across the field, and helps determine if.
Front Cover; Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Developing Countries; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Photos; Preface to the Second Edition; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: Effective Environmental Impact Assessment System: The Need for an Integrated Holistic Approach; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Status of EIA Systems in Developing Countries; 2.3 Concepts of Effective EIA Systems; 2.4 Development of a Conceptual Framework to Evaluate EIA System; 2.4.1 Institutional Control (Administrative and Legislative) Approach
2.4.2 Decision-Making and Quality of EIS Approach2.4.3 Contextual Approach; 2.4.4 Social System Approach; 2.5 The Proposed Framework; 2.6 Key Areas and Criteria for Evaluating the EIA System; 2.6.1 Institutional Framework of the EIA System; 2.6.2 The Quality of EIS; 2.6.3 Implementation of Mitigation Measures; 2.6.4 Use of Criteria to Evaluate the EIA System; 2.7 Evaluation Criteria; 2.8 Evolution of the EIA System in Bangladesh; 2.9 Status of the EIA System in Bangladesh; 2.10 Conclusion; Appendix A Checklist/criteria; References; Further Reading
Chapter 3: Institutional Framework of the Environmental Impact Assessment System3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Institutional Set Up of EIA: The United States as the Context; 3.3 Legal Arrangements for the EIA System; 3.3.1 The Constitution of Bangladesh; 3.3.2 National Environmental Policy; 3.3.3 National Environmental Management Action Plan; 3.3.4 The National Conservation Strategy; 3.3.5 National Biodiversity Action Plan; 3.3.6 Environmental Conservation Act; 3.3.7 Environmental Conservation Rules; 3.3.8 International Conventions, Treaties, and Protocols
3.4 Administrative/Organizational Framework of EIA3.4.1 Ministry of Environment and Forest; 3.4.2 National Environmental Committee; 3.4.3 Planning Commission; 3.4.4 Department of Environment; 3.5 EIA Process and Administrative Procedure; 3.5.1 Screening; 3.5.2 Initial Environmental Examination; 3.5.3 Detailed EIA; 3.6 The Methodologies of Impact Identification and Assessment; 3.7 Review of EIA Reports and Issuance of ECC; 3.8 Penalties for Noncompliance of ECC; 3.9 Strengths and Weaknesses of Institutional Arrangements of EIA in Bangladesh
3.9.1 Strengths of the Legal Provisions3.9.2 Strengths of the Administrative Arrangements of EIA; 3.9.3 Weaknesses of the Institutional Arrangements of EIA; 3.9.4 Weaknesses of the Administrative Arrangements of EIA; 3.10 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: The Quality of Environmental Impact Statements; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Review Package for Assessing the Quality of EISs; 4.3 Description of Review Criteria; 4.4 Selection of EISs; 4.5 Assessment Procedures; 4.6 EIS Rating Process: The United States as the Context; 4.7 Overall Quality of EISs in Bangladesh
Includes bibliographical references and index.