FIFTEEN YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM IN BANGLADESH: CURRENT PRACTICE, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350018 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. ZOBAIDUL KABIR ◽  
SALIM MOMTAZ

The aim of this article is to review the current practice of EIA system in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, EIA has been practiced for more than fifteen years. However, there is a lack of scientific information about the current practice of EIA in Bangladesh. This article focused and reviewed three key areas of EIA system in Bangladesh: institutional arrangement, quality of EISs and implementation of mitigation measures. By using a set of good practice criteria, this article finds that still there are shortcomings in current EIA practice despite that fact that EIA practice in Bangladesh has been improving over the last fifteen years. This means Bangladesh could not harness the full benefit of EIA yet. This article suggest that in order to harness the full benefits of EIA, adequate implementation of mitigation measures is imperative while improving the capacity of proponents, regulatory agency and the quality of EIS.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2153
Author(s):  
Nadia Giuffrida ◽  
Maja Stojaković ◽  
Elen Twrdy ◽  
Matteo Ignaccolo

Container terminals are the main hubs of the global supply chain but, conversely, they play an important role in energy consumption, environmental pollution and even climate change due to carbon emissions. Assessing the environmental impact of this type of port terminal and choosing appropriate mitigation measures is essential to pursue the goals related to a clean environment and ensuring a good quality of life of the inhabitants of port cities. In this paper the authors present a Terminal Decision Support Tool (TDST) for the development of a container terminal that considers both operation efficiency and environmental impacts. The TDST provides environmental impact mitigation measures based on different levels of evolution of the port’s container traffic. An application of the TDST is conducted on the Port of Augusta (Italy), a port that is planning infrastructural interventions in coming years in order to gain a new role as a reference point for container traffic in the Mediterranean.


2021 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 100864
Author(s):  
Maximilian A. Fliegner ◽  
Devraj Sukul ◽  
Michael P. Thompson ◽  
Nirav J. Shah ◽  
Reza Soroushmehr ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (03) ◽  
pp. 1950014
Author(s):  
Daniel S. Boshoff

Environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and renewable energy developments are key instruments to achieving sustainable development goals. Additionally, environmental impact assessment reports (EIARs) are vital in communicating the findings of proposed developments to all stakeholders. Yet, the quality of EIARs does not always comply with criteria in a satisfactory manner, thereby compromising sustainability. The quality of 25 solar energy EIARs in South Africa was reviewed with an adapted Lee–Colley Review Package. Based on this review, 68% of EIARs were found to be satisfactorily conducted, whereas 80% of the overall scores were regarded as borderline quality grades. Interestingly, complex assessment tasks — determining impact significance, alternatives, mitigation measures and the communication of findings — were executed unsatisfactorily. The poor communication of environmental impacts to stakeholders is not only an obstacle for EIA processes but also for sustainable development mechanisms as a whole.


Retos ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 620-627
Author(s):  
Víctor Manuel López Pastor ◽  
Miriam Molina Soria ◽  
Cristina Pascual Arias ◽  
Juan Carlos Manrique Arribas

La finalidad de este artículo es analizar la importancia de experimentar procesos de evaluación formativa y compartida (EFyC) durante la formación inicial del profesorado de educación física (FIP-EF), si queremos que luego sean capaces de aplicar modelos más educativos de evaluación cuando ejerzan como maestros. En la formación de maestros, la EFyC tiene un doble sentido: es un sistema de evaluación pero, sobre todo, es un conocimiento y una competencia profesional a aprender. En la primera parte del artículo intentamos dar respuesta a las preguntas: ¿Qué se debe enseñar sobre evaluación en la FIP-EF? y, ¿Por qué y para qué? En la segunda parte del artículo realizamos una ejemplificación práctica de lo expuesto anteriormente. En nuestro caso explicamos cómo desarrollamos procesos de EFyC en un ejemplo de buena práctica que utilizamos habitualmente en la FIP: Los Proyectos de Aprendizaje Tutorados (PAT). Para ello detallamos las fases de que consta un PAT y explicamos cómo es fundamental ligar la metodología con procesos de EFyC para que la calidad del aprendizaje y el desarrollo de competencias profesionales sean más altos y de mayor calidad. La combinación de esta metodología con sistemas de EFyC lleva ya dos décadas acumulando evidencias de que genera buenos resultados en aprendizaje, satisfacción y autopercepción de competencias docentes.Abstract. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the importance of using processes of formative and shared assessment (F&SA) during Physical Education Teacher Education Programs (PETE) to prepare students to apply more educational assessment models in their future as teachers. In PETE Programs, F&SA have a double meaning: it is an assessment system but, above all, it represents knowledge and professional skills to be learned. In the first part of the paper we try to answer the questions: (1) what should be taught about assessment in PETE Programs? (2) Why and what for? In the second part of the paper we provide a practical example. In our case, we explain how we develop F&SA processes in an example of “good practice” that we usually employ in the PETE Program: Tutored Learning Projects (TLP). Then, we detail the phases of a TLP and explain how essential it is to link methodology with F&SA processes and ensure that the quality of learning and the development of professional skills are higher and of higher quality. The combination of this methodology with F&SA systems has been accumulating evidence for two decades, generating good results in learning, satisfaction, and self-perception of teaching skills.


2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-104
Author(s):  
MARIA RITA RAIMUNDO E ALMEIDA ◽  
MARCELO MONTAÑO

Abstract The effectiveness of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been analyzed through the application of good practice criteria, with emphasis on assessing the quality of studies involved in it. However, such approach is restricted to elements directly linked to the subject of the studies and leaves aside important aspects. The aim of the present study is to analyze the effectiveness of EIA systems through the application of 20 effectiveness criteria to a set of 37 environmental licensing cases in São Paulo (SP) and Minas Gerais (MG) states. The results show that the EIA is effective in both states with respect to procedural aspects. On the other hand, the systems were ineffective when it came to substantive effectiveness aspects such as the promotion of public participation, the development of locational alternatives and the assessment of cumulative effects. These aspects increase the proceeding time and limit the EIA influence on decisions, thus being restricted to adjustments in project designs and to the adoption of mitigation/compensation measures.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-234
Author(s):  
Jolanta Harasymiuk ◽  
Wojciech Drozd

Strategic environmental assessment constitutes the least explored in research kind of an environmental assessment in comparison to environmental impact assessment and habitat assessment. The introduction of a strategic assessment was to ensure the completeness of the assessment system of environmental impact in investment processes and to guarantee a consideration for the principle of caution in early stages of these processes. In the current legal situation, a strategic environmental assessment should anticipate a preparation of commune’s planning documents or making changes in such documents. In the case of local plans constituting minor changes of earlier-accepted documents, a strategic assessment is not made. As a result a strategic environmental assessment may be conducted in a limited scope in numerous communes. Additionally, a sketchy character and ambiguity of the regulations concerning strategic environmental assessments result in a lack of understanding for the necessity of conducting such assessments among investors and community. The aim of this article is to work out methods for strategic environmental assessment of the projects of local plans and to examine which methods of environmental impact assessment have been used in the prognoses of environmental impact, i.e. in the basic assessment documents. The research made shows that the quality of documents prepared for the need of strategic assessments is unsatisfactory in the aspects of methodology.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 648-658
Author(s):  
Rui Alexandre Castanho ◽  
Jacinto Garrido Velarde ◽  
Luís Loures

The golf courses are not isolated areas in the territory where they are located; instead, these elements are an integral part of the surrounding ecosystem. The golf courses are components of the landscape and, in addition to all the benefits of functional, visual, and economical that could bring to the region, they may also, if their management is correct, improve the quality of the environment. This article, through a Case Study Research Method (CSR), applied to a Golf Course located in the Spanish city of Badajoz, will expose an Environmental Assessment Proposal as well as monitoring and mitigation measures regarding the major impacts produced by this Golf Course. Throughout this study, it is possible to realize, once more, that the process of Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Impact Studies are the support base so that there is success in the design of sustainable Golf course. Moreover, we should consider the measures to mitigate the negative impacts and maximize the positive impacts and develop methods to conduct constant monitoring of these projects' typologies.


2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Zajac

Abstract The purpose of this opinion article is to review the impact of the principles and technology of speech science on clinical practice in the area of craniofacial disorders. Current practice relative to (a) speech aerodynamic assessment, (b) computer-assisted single-word speech intelligibility testing, and (c) behavioral management of hypernasal resonance are reviewed. Future directions and/or refinement of each area are also identified. It is suggested that both challenging and rewarding times are in store for clinical researchers in craniofacial disorders.


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