Pulling the pieces together: Amalgamation in environmental impact assessment

摘要: It may seem counter intui t ive , but the more effectively envi ronmenta l impacts are specified, difficult problem of choos ing a m o n g project or policy opt ions becomes. Impact specification, if done well, should cause decision makers to consider tradeoffs they had not previously considered. T h e enumerated in an environmenta assessment, richer array tradeoffs. The obvious tradeoffs, complex tile task evaluation. facilitate evaluat ion maker, environmental analysts have exper imented with wide variety ronmental impact s tatement (EIS) presentat techniques. tradit ional technique O f is all potential little use either publ ic interest groups. Many analysts, therefore, tempted meet format needs EIS reader by summar iz and directly compa r based on significance impacts. In absence scientific polit ical consensus about what constitutes desirable ronment found this p u i ece rather difficult. Scientifically, many qual i-