Introduction Environment Impact Assessment Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Abbreviations
1	Introduction and principles	2
2	Origins and development	25
3	UK agency and legislative context	48
4	Starting up / early stages	74
5	Impact prediction, evaluation and mitigation	113
6	Participation, presentation and review	141
7	Monitoring and auditing: after the decision	166
8	Overview of UK practice to date	184
9	Environmental impact assessment and new settlements	201
10	Environmental impact assessment of projects not subject to planning control	228
11	Comparative practice	256
12	Improving the effectiveness of project assessment	284
13	Widening the scope: strategic environmental assessment	299
	App. 1: The text of the EC Directive	317
	App. 2: EC Member States' EIA systems	326
	App. 3: Key references	330
	App. 4: Addresses of UK organizations with EIS collections	334
	Index	335
	Author index	340