Table of Contents

List of Contributors.

Preface.

Part 1: Quality and Effectiveness.

1 Introduction.

2 Comparative Evaluation of EIA Systems.

3 Capacity Building.

4 Quality and Quality Control in EIA.

Part 2: EIA At the International Level.

5 The Convention of Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context.

6 Environmental Impact Assessment A and Multi-Lateral Financial Institutions.

Part 3: International Experience.

7 Environmental Impact Assessment in Central and Eastern Europe.

8 Environmental Impact Assessment in East Asia.

9 Environmental Impact Assessment in Africa.

10 Environmental Impact Assessment in South and Central America.

11 Environmental Impact Assessment in North America.

12 Environmental Impact Assessment in the European Union.

Part 4: Sectoral Experience.

13 Policy Environmental Assessment.

14 Environmental Impact Assessment of Land-Use Plans: Experience under the National Environmental Policy Act and the California Environmental Quality Act.

15 Environmental Impact Assessment and Waste Management.

16 Environmental Impact Assessment of Road and Rail Infrastructure.

17 Environmental Impact Assessment for Energy Projects.

18 Environmental Impact Assessment for Mining Projects.

19 Environmental Impact Assessment for Water Projects.

Index

About the Author

Judith Irene Petts CBE is the Vice-Chancellor of Plymouth University. She graduated from the University of Exeter and Loughborough University.