Environmental Impact Assessment Methodologies, 2nd edition

The Second Edition of Environmental Impact Assessment Methodologies is designed covering basic concepts and important methodologies. It covers the prediction and assessment of impacts on soil and groundwater management, surface water management, biological environment, air environment, the impact of noise on the environment, and of socio-economic and human health impacts. This new edition conta…

Methods of environmental impact assessment

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is now firmly established as an important and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful EIA needs not only an understanding of the theory but also a detailed knowledge of the methods for carrying out the processes required. Peter Morris and Riki Therivel bring together the latest advice on best practice…

Environmental impact assessment: a guide to best professional practices

Under the best of circumstances, preparing an environmental impact assessment (EIA) can be a complex and challenging task. Experience indicates that the scope and quality of such analyses varies widely throughout the U.S. as well as internationally. Written to help practitioners and decision-makers apply best professional practices in the development of EIAs, Environmental Impact Assessment: A …

Environmental impact assessment: theory and practice

Environmental Impact Assessment: Theory and Practice describes the various pieces of knowledge necessary to speak the language of EIA and carry out EIAs focusing on a variety of environmental issues, including impacts on environmental components, like air, water, soils, land, noise and biological environments. Organized into 15 chapters, the book provides engineers with the tools and methods to…

Energy, natural resources and environmental economics

The book consists of a collection of articles (survey and research) describing the area of energy, natural resources and environmental economics. The contents of the book is divided into four sections. The first part considers petroleum and natural gas applications, taking up topics ranging from the management of incomes and reserves to market modeling and value chain optimization. The second a…

Introduction to international disaster management

Introduction to International Disaster Management, Second Edition continues to serve as the sole comprehensive overview of global emergency management. This second edition contains updated information on disaster trends as well as on management structures and advancements around the world. Coppola includes changes that reflect the dual theme of the book: universal principles of global emergen…

Natural disasters: prevention, risk factors, and management

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781622576760

Collation

xiii, 358 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Series Title

Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation

Call Number

[TLK-LIB-143]

Innovative thinking in risk, crisis, and disaster management

Risk is an enduring theme of modern life. It permeates the political, economic and environmental domains. Some risks are unavoidable. Others are not. ''Innovative Thinking in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Management'' provides ideas and action plans for risk, crisis, and disaster management in a risk society, based on late-modern approaches such as technological citizenship; delegated authority; a…

Environmental hazards and disasters: contexts, perspectives and management

Environmental Hazards and Disasters: Contexts, Perspectives and Management focuses on manifested threats to humans and their welfare as a result of natural disasters. The book uses an integrative approach to address socio-cultural, political and physical components of the disaster process. Human and social vulnerability as well as risk to environmental hazards are explored within the comprehens…

Case studies in disaster response and emergency management

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ISBN/ISSN

9781439883167

Collation

xviii, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series Title

ASPA/American Society for Public Administration series in public administration and public policy

Call Number

[TLK-LIB-140]