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Multicriteria Environmental Assessment
Nolberto Munier
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Description for Multicriteria Environmental Assessment
Hardback. Using real-life examples, this book analyzes techniques for undertaking the task of making an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of a project. It offers suggestions on how to quantify the effects on people's lives; and comparative end results of using certain renewable and non-renewable resources. Series: Power Electronics and Power Systems. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
The purpose of this book is to analyze, with actual examples, different techniques that have been developed to tackle the complex task of making an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of a project. A project may influence the lives of many people, can change the physical environment temporarily or forever, and creates benefits or losses, not only for the people who promoted it, but also for those not related whatsoever with the project. Thus, its assessment is not only a commercial evaluation of gains and losses, but it goes far beyond that, for it also has to appraise:
The purpose of this book is to analyze, with actual examples, different techniques that have been developed to tackle the complex task of making an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of a project. A project may influence the lives of many people, can change the physical environment temporarily or forever, and creates benefits or losses, not only for the people who promoted it, but also for those not related whatsoever with the project. Thus, its assessment is not only a commercial evaluation of gains and losses, but it goes far beyond that, for it also has to appraise:
-how people's ... Read more
-how significant the alteration produced in the social fabric will be;
-what the result will be of using certain renewable and non-renewable resources;
-how much the expected economic development will cost in terms of loss of resources sustainability;
-how to measure what is not easily measurable: enjoying a sunset, a stroll in a tropical forest, climbing a mountain, etc.; and
-how to integrate the technical and environmental aspects of projects with the desires, wishes and needs of the population.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
Series
Power Electronics and Power Systems
Number of Pages
311
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402020889
SKU
V9781402020889
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99-15
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