A Multi-Factor Approach to Evaluate Environmental Impact Statements
Agronomy Research 2014
Lelde Laiviņa, Jeļena Pubule, Marika Rošā

The goal of this study is to develop a method for assessing Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) according to various criteria, and to develop recommendations to improve statements and the EIA procedure. To develop a method to assess report quality, the most significant current methods were examined. Their advantages and disadvantages were analyzed and, as a result, the most appropriate method structure was defined – a control list with quality criteria. To determine the quality criteria of an EIA, the effective basic principles of the EIA were formulated based on sources in the literature. During the study, the three most significant elements of a quality EIA were defined. These have been incorporated into the method developed in this project as the most significant criteria. As a result, a systematic method to assess an individual EIS was developed. The method includes quality criteria, which have been determined to be the most significant as a result of an analysis of the efficiency of the EIA procedure. The method has been adapted to the planned amendments in the EIA directive, incorporating these criteria. The structure of the method adheres to another fundamental goal of the directive's amendments – to decrease the administrative load of the EIA procedure. It is anticipated that with the aid of this method, by assessing only the most important report elements in depth, that the time necessary for a competent institution to evaluate a report will be reduced.


Atslēgas vārdi
environmental impact assessment, sustainability, evaluation methodology, environmental impact statement
Hipersaite
http://agronomy.emu.ee/vol123/2014_3_32_b5.pdf

Laiviņa, L., Pubule, J., Rošā, M. A Multi-Factor Approach to Evaluate Environmental Impact Statements. Agronomy Research, 2014, Vol.12, No.3, 967.-976.lpp. ISSN 1406-894X.

Publikācijas valoda
English (en)
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