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This document provides a table of contents for the book "Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment: A Guide to Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition" by Bram F. Noble. The book is published by Oxford University Press Canada and is divided into four parts covering the principles of environmental impact assessment, environmental impact assessment practice, advancing principles and practice, and a postscript on the effectiveness of environmental assessment. The table of contents lists the 14 chapters in the book and provides a brief overview of the topics covered in each chapter.

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This document provides a table of contents for the book "Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment: A Guide to Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition" by Bram F. Noble. The book is published by Oxford University Press Canada and is divided into four parts covering the principles of environmental impact assessment, environmental impact assessment practice, advancing principles and practice, and a postscript on the effectiveness of environmental assessment. The table of contents lists the 14 chapters in the book and provides a brief overview of the topics covered in each chapter.

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Introduction to Environmental Impact


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CONTENTS

Part One: Environmental Impact Assessment Principles

1. Aims and Objectives of Environmental Impact


Assessment Introduction Defining Environmental Impact Assessment -
Environmental Change and Effects EIA Theory and Objective - EIA Output
and Outcome Objectives The Origins and Development of EIA - EIA Origins -
EIA Development International Status of EIA - Canada - Australia - European
Union - China - Developing Nations and Development Agencies The Basic EIA
Process - Operating Principles Opportunities for and Challenges to EIA -
Ensuring a Quality EIA Process - Balancing Efficiency and Efficacy - Improved
EIA Governance

2. Overview of Environmental Impact Assessment in Canada EIA in


Canada Canadian EIA Systems - Provincial EIA - Northern EIA Development
of Federal EIA - EARP Origins - Canadian Environmental Assessment Act -
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 - Major Changes under the
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 - "Higher-Order"
Assessment - EIA Directions

3. Tools Supporting EIA Practice The Practitioner's Toolkit Tools for


Impact Identification, Interpretation, Organization, and Communication -
Checklists - Matrices - Trends and Associations - Spatial Analysis Tools for
Impact Prediction - Analogue Approaches - Judgment - Systems Modelling -
Scenario Analysis Tool Selection

Part Two: Environmental Impact Assessment Practice

4. Screening Procedures Screening Screening Approaches - Is an EIA


Required? - Hybrid Screening Screening Requirements in Canada -
Requirements for EIA - Determining Whether an EIA Is Required - Type of
EIA Required General Guidance for Screening - Screening and the
Precautionary Principle

5. Scoping and Environmental Baseline Assessments Scoping Scoping


Requisites - Identification of Project Alternatives - Valued Ecosystem
Components - Establish Assessment Boundaries - Conduct the Environmental
Baseline Study Scoping Continuation

6. Predicting Environmental Impacts Impact Prediction Predicting


Impacts on the Biophysical Environment - What to Predict Predicting Impacts
on the Human Environment - What to Predict Characterizing Predicted
Impacts - Order of Environmental Effects - Nature of Environmental Effects
and Impacts - Temporal Characteristics of Effects and Impacts - Magnitude,
Direction - Spatial Extent - Reversibility and Irreversibility - Likelihood of
Effects and Impacts Good Practice Requirements for Impact Prediction -
Accuracy and Precision - Verifiable Impact Predictions - Addressing
Uncertainty

7. Managing Project Impacts Impact Management Managing Adverse


Impacts - Avoidance - Mitigation - Remediation - Compensation Managing
Positive Impacts - Creating Benefits - Enhancing Benefits Measures That
Support Impact Management - Environmental Management Systems -
Environmental Protection Plans - Adaptive Management Strategies EIA and
Impact Management in Canada

8. Determining Impact Significance Impact Significance Determining


Significance - Effect and Impact Characteristics - Impact
Importance Approaches to Significance Determination - Technical Approach -
Collaborative Approach - Reasoned Argumentation - Composite
Approach Toward a Higher Test for Impact Significance - Guidance for
Determining Significance

9. Follow-up and Monitoring Follow-up - Follow-up Requirements - Follow-


up Components Rationale for Post-decision Monitoring - Compliance
Monitoring - Progress Monitoring - Monitoring for Understanding Effective
Follow-up and Monitoring - Objectives and Priorities Identified - Targeted
Approach to Data Collection - Hypothesis-Based or Threshold-Based
Approaches - Combined Stressor- and Effects-Based Monitoring - Control
Sites - Continuity in Data Collection - Ensuring Adaptability, Flexibility, and
Timelines - Socio-economic-Inclusive Monitoring - Participatory
Monitoring Monitoring Methods and Techniques

10. Public Participation in EIA Involving the Publics - Rationale for


Involving the Public Nature and Scope of Public Involvement - Identifying the
Publics - Levels of Involvement - Provisions and Requirements for Public
Participation in Canada Aboriginal Consultation and Engagement - Duty to
Consult - Traditional Ecological Knowledge Methods and
Techniques Meaningful Participation - Basic Principles - Operating Principles

Part Three: Advancing Principles and Practice

11. Cumulative Environmental Effects Assessment Cumulative


Environmental Effects - Definition of Cumulative Effects - Sources of
Cumulative Effects - Types of Cumulative Effects - Pathways of Cumulative
Effects Models of Cumulative Effects Assessment - Effects-Based CEA -
Stressor-Based CEA - Good CEA Framework for the Application of CEA -
Scoping - Retrospective Analysis - Prospective Analysis - Management State
of CEA in Canada - Enduring Challenges and Concerns

12. Strategic Environmental Assessment Strategically Oriented


Environmental Assessment - Characteristics of SEA Systems of SEA - SEA in
Canada - SEA Benefits and Opportunities - Types of SEA SEA Frameworks -
Develop a Reference Framework - Scope the Baseline and Issues of
Concern - Identify Trends and Stressors - Formulate Strategic Alternatives -
Assess Potential Effects under Each Alternative - Identify a Strategic
Direction - Determine Mitigation or Enhancement Needs - Develop a Follow-
up Program - Implement the Strategy, Monitor, and Evaluate Directions in
SEA

13. Professional Practice and Ethics Professional Practice of EIA - Skills


and Qualifications Ethics and Practice - Ethical Responsibilities The
Practitioner as Honest Broker

Part Four: Environmental Impact Assessment Postscript

14. The Effectiveness of Environmental Assessment: Retrospect and


Prospect Introduction The Substantive Effectiveness of Environmental
Assessment - Environmental Impact Assessment - Cumulative Effects
Assessment - Strategic Environmental Assessment Integrating the Silos of
Environmental Assessment Prospects Glossary Index

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