The techniques of environmental impact assessment originated in the United States with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. This Act served as a model for international environmental assessment, and has resulted in the creation of a distinct profession and recognized professional societies. The collection of papers in this volume, all previously published in the journal, "The Environmental Professional", focus on a number of timely issues relating to NEPA, and provide a useful overview for all scholars and practitioners of impact assessment.
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The National Environmental Policy Act and the role of the President's Council on environmental quality; substantive scientific and technical guidance for NEPA analysis - pitfalls in the real world; procedural vs substantive in NEPA law - cutting the gordian knot; cumulative impact analysis under NEPA - recent legal developments; achieving NEPA's purpose in the 1990s; formal guidance for the use of science in EIA - analysis of agency procedures for implementing NEPA; reasons and strategies for more effective NEPA implementation; use of environmental assessment of federal agencies in NEPA implementation; post-EIS environmental auditing - a first step to making rational environmental assessment a reality; the role of environmental monitoring in responsible project management; formalizing expert judgment in the environmental impact assessment process; pragmatic suggestions for incorporating risk assessment principles in EIA studies; ecological function and resilience - neglected criteria for environmental impact assessment and ecological risk analysis; improving consideration of biodiversity in NEPA assessments; when is a cost exorbitant under NEPA?; designing and adapting the EIA planning process; consideration of terrestrial environments in the review of environmental impact statements; reducing global, regional and cumulative impacts with the National Environmental Policy Act; addressing global climate change in NEPA reviews; global climate change - what revisions to environmental assessment processes will mitigating strategies require?; the use of science under the National Environmental Policy Act.
