A review on methodologies adopted during environmental impact assessment of development projects

Abstract

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is one of the proven anticipatory and legislative tool used to predict the environmental consequences of any development project. It is a decision making tool used to anticipate and quantify the positive and negative impact of a proposed development project on environment consisting of a social, economic and biophysical aspects. The purpose of the assessment to assist decision makers in considering the environmental impacts of proposed project when deciding whether to proceed with a project. Numerous EIA methodologies have been developed such as Interaction Matrices, Network, Checklist, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Although, there are number of studies on EIA methodologies to identify their strength and weakness, the adequacy of impact assessment methodologies was evaluated in terms of specific criteria like impact identification, impact communication and impact interpretation. A review on these EIA methodologies and their adoption has been presented in the current study. The aim of this review paper is to find out that, which method we can use to assess the environmental assessment of highway road expansion in mountainous regions.

Association of Methodologies for Assessing Environmental Damage and Impacts Applied to Mechanized Forest Harvesting

“…Currently, there are a series of EIA methodologies available in works related to the topic and inserted in various lines of research, such as: ad hoc system; checklists, map overlays; interaction networks and simulation models [14]. The choice of the EIA, adaptation and development method depends on the objectives of the evaluation, since each tool has positive and negative points, and specifically analyzes the defined problems and objectives.…”

Environmental impact evaluation of a proposed steel and cement complex in the waste management scenario

“…Improvement of quality in EIA process is carried out by involving public in all the important steps like scoping, baseline studies, impact quantification, review of reports, and post-project monitoring works (Rathi, 2017). Several methods such as ad hoc, checklist, matrix, network, and overlay have been reported for the smooth evaluation of environmental impact (Banyal et al, 2019).…”

“…Improvement of quality in EIA process is carried out by involving public in all the important steps like scoping, baseline studies, impact quantification, review of reports, and post‐project monitoring works (Rathi, 2017). Several methods such as ad hoc, checklist, matrix, network, and overlay have been reported for the smooth evaluation of environmental impact (Banyal et al., 2019). Higher sustainable development can be achieved by the industries by complying international standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and other standard certifications (Borella et al., 2016).…”