Environmental Impact Assessment | 
 enlarge | Author: Larry Canter
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Category: Book
Buy New: $167.80
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 261366
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Pages: 480
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.6
ISBN: 0070097674
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.714
EAN: 9780070097674
Publication Date: September 1, 1995
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Product Description
The Canter text appeals mainly to Civil Engineering students taking course work in environmental assessment practice or impact assessment, usually taught at the junior/senior level as a popular elective. Some chemical and environmental engineers take the course as well. The author has specifically beefed up and improved the chapters on biological, cultural, and socioeconomic environmental factors. The book continues to emphasize both production and assessment aspects of environmental factors, i.e., air, water, and noise, together with some interesting case studies. The latest governmental methodologies and Environmental Impact Studies have been included in this timely revision.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fascination March 11, 2008
Caitlin Logan (Storm Lake, IA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is incredible, I only had to read a few chapters of it, and I have already finished the book. I have loved reading this book for one of my classes. This is the kind of information that I want to deal with when I am finally finished with school.
 Comprehensive EIA Resource August 11, 2000
A. Duncan (Concord, NH USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
At over hundred bucks, this book is not for everybody. But it is the best all-in-one resource for conducting environmental impact assessments. The book is crammed full with tables and diagrams on everything from examples of project-effects interaction matrices to "A Comparison of Four Habitat Evaluation Methods." Besides introductory and general how-to-do-an-EIA material, chapters cover air, surface water, soil/groundwater, noise, biological envt., cultural envt., socioeconomic envt, visual impacts, and public participation. The writing has a no-nonsense engineering flavor. Not for casual reading, but as a resource/reference for students and professionals this is a high quality but overpriced book.
A very complete overview about the EIA process and approache November 17, 1999
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
At this moment, Environmental Impact Assessment process and approaches are in a constant change, requeriments are increased as well as needs for to get a good EIA. Many scientifics are trying to get a holistic vision of the world affected for any project in order to get the best and close approach for interprete it. This book shows a complete evolution of the EIA business as well as avoid new interpretations and applications following the needs and background of the professionals that want use it.
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