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Price: $95.95

Format:
Paperback 480 pp.
23 figures, 30 tables, and 4 photos, 9" x 6"

ISBN-10:
0195430220

ISBN-13:
9780195430226

Copyright Year:
2009

Imprint: OUP Canada

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Environmental Impact Assessment

Practice and Participation, Second Edition

Kevin S. Hanna

Environmental impact assessment is among the most influential aspects of environmental regulation policy today. Through nineteen chapters that examine current debates, recent cases, and ongoing developments in Canadian EIA, Environmental Impact Assessment: Practice and Participation, Second Edition reflects the diversity of issues EIA processes now address. Part I provides a comprehensive examination of environmental impact assessment in Canada through analyses of methods and approaches as well as fascinating case studies that illuminate the wide-ranging influence of EIA in federal and provincial policy, planning processes, and regulation. Part II offers detailed profiles of EIA laws and regulations as they are applied in each jurisdiction, from Atlantic Canada to BC and at the federal level. This fully updated second edition boasts new chapters on Nunavut and the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, making it the most current resource available. Ranging in scope from the challenges and future opportunities for EIA in Canada to detailed topics such as First Nations responses to high-level radioactive waste disposal, this text is an essential introduction to the field.

Readership : Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a standard upper-level course offered at most universities in Canada. It is generally offered through geography, but it can also be found in environmental studies, planning, and even civil engineering departments. It is taught mainly in third or fourth year, although at some schools it is offered as a graduate course.

Bruce Mitchell: Foreword
Part I: Environmental Impact Assessment: Practice and Participation
1. Kevin S. Hanna: Environmental Impact Assessment: Process, Setting, and Efficacy
2. Robert B. Gibson and Kevin S. Hanna: Progress and Uncertainty: The Evolution of Federal Environmental Assessment in Canada
3. Douglas Baker and Eric Rapaport: The Science of Assessment: Identifying and Predicting Environmental Impacts
4. A. John Sinclair and Alan Diduck: Public Participation in Canadian Environmental Assessment: Enduring Challenges and Future Directions
5. Len Gertler: The Hearing Process in Environmental Impact Assessment: As Concept and as Practised in Ontario
6. Bram F. Noble and Jill Harriman: Strategic Environmental Assessment
7. Ron Pushchak and Ann Marie Farrugia-Uhalde: Social Impact Assessment and High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal: The Canadian Concept and Aboriginal Responses
8. Roger Creasey and William A. Ross: The Cheviot Mine Project: Cumulative Effects Assessment Lessons for Professional Practice
9. Patricia Fitzpatrick and A. John Sinclair: Multi-jurisdictional Environmental Assessment
10. Kevin Hanna and Dan Kellar: The 2010 Winter Olympics and the Role of Impact Assessment: Harmonization and Efficacy
11. Derek R. Armitage: Environmental Impact Assessment in Canada's Northwest Territories: Integration, Collaboration, and the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act
Part II: Environmental Impact Assessment in Canadian Jurisdictions
12. D. Scott Slocombe, Lyn Hartley, and Meagan Noonan: Environmental Assessment and Land Claims, Devolution, and Co-Management: Evolving Challenges and Opportunities in Yukon
13. J. Jeffrey Rusk, Sophia C.R. Granchinho, and Ryan W. Barry: Impact Assessment in Nunavut
14. R. Jamie Herring: The Canadian Federal EIA System
15. Murray B. Rutherford: Impact Assessment under British Columbia's Environmental Impact Assessment Act
16. Roger Creasey and Kevin Hanna: Alberta: Environmental Impact Assessment in a Rapid Growth Setting
17. Marie Ann Bowden and Bert Weichel: Environmental Impact Assessment in Saskatchewan
18. Kenton Lobe: Environmental Assessment: Manitoba Approaches
19. Sonya Graci: The Ontario Environmental Assessment Act
20. Darren R. Bardati: Environmental Assessment in Quebec
21. Hendricus A. Van Wilgenburg: Atlantic Canada: A Story of EIA Adaptation

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Student Website

Kevin Hanna is Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research interests include integrated approaches to environment and natural resource management, environmental impact assessment, regional planning and community sustainability, and Nordic natural resource management approaches and policy innovation. He is the author of several journal articles and book chapters.

Physical Geography - H. J. de Blij, Peter O. Muller, Richard S. Williams, Catherine T. Conrad and Peter Long
Urban Canada - Harry Hiller
Making Sense in Geography and Environmental Sciences - Margot Northey, David B. Knight and Dianne Draper
Geomorphology - Alan S. Trenhaile
The Canadian North - Robert M. Bone
The Regional Geography of Canada - Robert M. Bone
Human Geography 6e with DVD / Making Sense in Geography Pack - William Norton
Cultural Geography - William Norton
Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment - Bram Noble

Special Features

New chapters! Two entirely new chapters have been added to this edition-one explores impact assessment in Nunavut and the other addresses the role of impact assessment in relation to the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, exposing students to these timely topics.
New student website! Offers students a new glossary with page references and new review questions, helping them grasp material and review key concepts.
Coast-to-coast coverage. Provides an in-depth look at each Canadian jurisdiction, making it a valuable resource for students throughout the country.
Fascinating case studies. Canadian case studies demonstrate the wide-ranging influence of EIA considerations and impacts for provincial and federal governments, providing students with relevant examples.
Practical discussion. Insight into the challenges and future opportunities for EIA practice in Canada gives students a balanced, forward-looking treatment of the subject matter.