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An evaluation of the analysis of ecological risks method in environmental impact assessment

01 May 1996-Environmental Impact Assessment Review (Elsevier)-Vol. 16, Iss: 3, pp 183-188
TL;DR: In this article, an evaluation of a method of environmental impact assessment, analysis of ecological risks (AER), as used by Sankoh et al. in an EIA study carried out to find and assess the environmental compatibility of route alternatives of a bypass road is presented.
About: This article is published in Environmental Impact Assessment Review.The article was published on 1996-05-01. It has received 18 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental impact assessment.
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TL;DR: The field of environmental management developed as a technocentric problem-solving initiative, providing "practical" assistance to state officials involved in environmental management as discussed by the authors, but little effort was devoted to understanding the political, economic or cultural forces conditioning the process.
Abstract: The field of environmental management developed as a technocentric problem-solving initiative, providing ‘practical’ assistance to state officials involved in environmental management. Since the field was largely associated with what state officials and associated experts ‘dO', little effort was devoted to understanding the political, economic or cultural forces conditioning the process of environmental management. The potentially significant contribution of diverse nonstate actors – for example, farmers, shifting cultivators, businesses or nongovernmental organizations – to this process was notably neglected. The field has recently become the target of mounting criticism with ‘environmental managerialism’ dismissed as a research agenda divorced from key issues in human–environment interaction.This article argues that a recognition of the limitations of traditional understandings of environmental management ought to serve as the basis for a rethink of this field of study. This argument is developed in two...

156 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of environmental impacts is dependent on the spatial distribution of the effects and of the affected environment, and the information generated by the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in impact identification and prediction stages of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is used in the assessment of impact significance by the computation of a set of impact indices.

127 citations


Cites methods from "An evaluation of the analysis of ec..."

  • ...Sankoh (1996) and Sankoh et al. (1993) applied two EIA methods (ecological risks and utility values analysis) to generate space resistance maps, which allow the identification of the route alternatives that present minimum conflict with the environment....

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Dissertation
01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used traditional eco-livelihood knowledge (TELK) to investigate the ecological impact of dredging that may impact on livelihoods in such a rural setting.
Abstract: Conventionally environmental assessments (EAs) have been carried out to enhance the understanding of the environment and for the purpose of developing appropriate environmental management and protection strategies. There are, however, limitations to the application of traditional EA approaches, particularly in rural communities in the developing world, where livelihood is dependent on common pool resources (CPRs), and baseline data are inadequate or unavailable. Eco-livelihood assessment (EcLA) is an adaptive approach that integrates a people focused sustainable livelihood approach with ecological assessment, as well as exploring traditional eco-livelihood knowledge (TELK). EcLA is identified as a promising EA tool that could help environmental professionals in planning for equitable development. This approach has been used in the Kolo and Otuoke Creeks, Niger Delta, Nigeria to investigate the ecological impact of dredging that may impact on livelihoods in such a rural setting. Ecological and social surveys have been carried out in four communities in the Study Area; two Test communities and two Reference communities (two communities from each study creek). The information collected from the social survey includes TELK, and has been used to build up a baseline scenario of the Study Area. Abundance and diversity of fish are good indicators of the eco-livelihood impacts of inland river dredging. The research shows that livelihood characteristics, river use profile, fish species diversity and abundance are very similar among all four sample communities. In addition, all sample communities have been associated with similar natural and human induced environmental consequences except that the Test communities have had river sections dredged for the purpose of land reclamation representing the baseline scenario. The analysis of the results of the ecological survey shows a difference in fish catch per unit effort, catch per unit hour, and species diversity between the Test and Reference communities, this have been attributed to the impacts of inland river dredging. The study shows that TELK has a place in environmental assessment, and that eco-livelihood assessment is one promising environmental assessment approach that could be used in areas where livelihood is strongly dependent on common pool resources.

23 citations


Cites methods from "An evaluation of the analysis of ec..."

  • ...There is however, hardly any comprehensive EA method that can be suitably used for all assessment scenarios (Sankoh, 1996)....

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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In environmental impact assessment (EIA), accident risk should be considered as one impact, however, few studies have compared assessed risk levels with documented accidents.
Abstract: In environmental impact assessment (EIA), accident risk should be considered as one impact. However, few studies have compared assessed risk levels with documented accidents. There is thus a need f ...

18 citations


Cites background from "An evaluation of the analysis of ec..."

  • ...Sankoh (1996) evaluates ecological risks in EIAs with route alternatives....

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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: In this article, a case study of Iran's Tehran oil refinery was selected as a case case because this oil refinery is in construction and operation phase, so EIA plan can cover all phases of this plant.
Abstract: Iran oil industry has developed in current decades. The risks of this development always were considered by the decision-makers. Environmental risk is the process of qualitative analysis of hazard potentials and practical coefficients of the potential risks in the project and sensitivity or vulnerability of the surrounding environment. Hence, besides analyzing various aspects of risk by full knowledge of the local environment, sensitivity of the affected environment as well as the environmental values is applied in risk analysis. Tehran oil refinery was selected as a case study because this oil refinery is in construction and operation phase, so EIA plan can cover all phases of this plant. In Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of this study economical, environmental, land use and social parameters were considered in the EIA plan in two phases such as construction and operation of oil refinery during 2008-2012. By using Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Geographic Information System (GIS) methods 512 maps were provided for EIA. Then the maps were overlaid on together final result of EIA maps in four parameters obtained based on the study plan for EIA of oil refineries in Iran. So the decision-making, assessing impacts and possible solutions will available for oil refineries in Iran.

5 citations

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15 Jun 1988
TL;DR: An introductory guide to EIA can be found in this article, where Simonis and Wathern provide an overview of the main aspects of EIA, including the evaluation of assessment: post EIS research and process development.
Abstract: Foreword, Udo E Simonis Introduction: An introductory guide to EIA, P Wathern Methodological aspects of EIA: Scoping methods and baseline studies in EIA, G Beanlands Developments in EIA methods, R Bisset Uncertainty in EIA, P de Jongh Environmental impact assessment and risk assessment: learning from each other, R N L Andrews EIA in plan making, C Wood Efficacy of EIA: Monitoring and auditing of impacts, R Bisset & P Tomlinson The evaluation of assessment: post EIS research and process development, B Sadler Training requirements for environmental impact assessment, N Lee Application of EIA: the co-evolution of politics and policy: elections, entrepreneurship of EIA in the United States, G Wandesforde-Smith & J Kerbavaz The AIA directive of the European community, P Wathern The legislative framework for EIA in centrally planned economies, A Starzewska The EIA process in Asia and the Pacific region, Nay Htun EIA in Latin America, I Verocai Moreira. EIA and international agencies: WHO interest in environmental health impact assessment, E Giroult: Environmental impact assessment and bilateral development and, an overview, W V Kennedy Fitting USAID to the environmental assessment provision of NEPA, JAJ Horberry. Reference

304 citations

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TL;DR: The main goal of this project was to carry out a study of the environmental impacts of the new by-pass road L4 in Goetterswickerhamm, North Rhine Westfalia, in the Federal Republic of Germany, using two methods of environmental impact assessment, " analysis of ecological risks" and "analysis of utility values (2nd generation).

8 citations

Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 1984
TL;DR: A theoretical comparision of six EIA methods is summarized and an attempt to evaluate the utility of these methods based on a case study is described.
Abstract: This paper presents the findings of a short research project into EIA methods. There are two components. The first summarizes a theoretical comparision of six EIA methods; and the second describes an attempt to evaluate the utility of these methods based on a case study.

6 citations

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