Informing environmental decision making: environmental impact assessment in Russia and the United States

2000 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Michael R. Edelstein ◽  
Maria Tysiachniouk ◽  
Paulina Agakhaniants
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Decision

EIA THEORIES — ALL CHINESE WHISPERS AND NO CRITICAL THEORY

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 357-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOE WESTON
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Sociological Theory ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Decision

There have been a large number of attempts to develop a theory or theories of Environmental Impact Assessment in order to justify its use in environmental decision-making. A review of academic articles demonstrates that these theories are largely drawn from planning theories. Planning theories are themselves a development of sociological theories of decision-making and from one particular strand of sociological theory. In this review of the theories of EIA it is argued that an understanding of wider sociological theory is necessary to fully understand both planning and EIA.

scholarly journals Environmental Impact Assessment: A Comparative Analysis of the Federal Response in Canada and the United States

1969 ◽  
pp. 377
Author(s):  
Sandra K. McCallum
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
National Environmental Policy Act ◽  
Federal Response ◽  
Legislative Measures

This article examines the planning tool known as environmental impact assess ment. This tool is decision-making model which attempts to integrate en vironmental considerations into each stage of the planning process together with the traditional concerns of economics and technology in order to identify secon dary and cumulative impacts and to weigh environmental effects. The success of an assessment process depends on the capability of the chosen institutional arrangements to achieve the desired goal. The proposed federal procedure is ex amined and several weaknesses identified. One is the absence of legislative measures to support the process. The United States National Environmental Policy Act provides model. This statute is discussed with view to ascertaining whether like legislation in Canada would produce like result. The conclusion reached is that differences between Parliamentary and Congressional systems suggest that in Canada more appropriate course would be to adopt legislative measures which strengthen and improve the existing functions of government. Such course would better serve the goal of environmental impact assessment than attempts to transplant concepts which are ill fitted and insensitive to the parliamentary system.

Citizen Language and Administrative Response

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Eckerd
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Technical Language

Despite more than 40 years of experience with Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in the United States, little is known about who participates, how they participate, and whether agencies are responsive. This study explores the role of public participation in the American federal government EIA context, focusing on the different languages used by residents and administrators. Residents of affected geographic areas use nontechnical language to address concern over individual impacts, whereas administrators use technical language about aggregate impacts and focus on justification of decisions, rather than altering decisions based on public feedback.

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