Environmental Impact Analysis: Scientific Tool or Philosopher's Stone?

This commentary takes a paper from each of the three issues of Built Environment devoted to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The first published in 1978 reviews methods of analysis, the second from 1994 anticipates the arrival of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), and the third published in 2001 focuses on EIA in Japan.

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Built Environment
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2024-09-01
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https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.50.3.398
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Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
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Environmental Impact Analysis: Scientific Tool or Philosopher's Stone?

David Banister
Built Environment
Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
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Environmental Impact Analysis: Scientific Tool or Philosopher's Stone?

David Banister
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Abstract

This commentary takes a paper from each of the three issues of Built Environment devoted to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The first published in 1978 reviews methods of analysis, the second from 1994 anticipates the arrival of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), and the third published in 2001 focuses on EIA in Japan.

Built EnvironmentVol. 50(3)
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Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
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