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Article: Environmental Impact Assessment
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- International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
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Environmental Impact Assessment
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS
PROBLEMS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
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An environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a planning tool that provides decision makers with an understanding of the potential effects that human actions, especially technological ones, may have on the environment. By understanding the potential environmental effects of an action, policymakers can choose which should proceed and which should not. Governments from around the world perform environmental impact assessments at the national, state or provincial, and local levels. The underlying assumption of all environmental impact assessments is that all ...