scholarly journals The Need for a Robust Review System to Improve the Quality of Environmental Impact Statements: An Indian Case Study Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
A. K. A. Rathi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Appraisal System ◽  
Review System ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Environmental Impact Statements ◽  
Final Output ◽  
Review Mechanism

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) report, the final output of the EIA process forms the basis for environmental impact statement (EIS) review and decision-making, implying the need for its good quality. This empirical study is based on the literature review, opinions of EIA consultants, and views of experts associated with the EIA system in India. It is inferred that the overall quality of the EIS is below par and there are several inadequacies in the EIA appraisal system. Given the strong correlation between a robust EIS review system and a good quality EIS, a two-tier structured, transparent, and criteria-based review mechanism based on good practices is suggested. Further, it is crucial to adopt a professional approach for appraisal and capacity building of the professionals engaged in conducting the EIA and reviewing the EIS.

Environmental Impact Prediction and Assessment: the Southern Indian Lake Experience

1984 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 720-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Hecky ◽  
R. W. Newbury ◽  
R. A. Bodaly ◽  
K. Patalas ◽  
D. M. Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Light Limitation ◽  
Coregonus Clupeaformis ◽  
Impact Prediction ◽  
Biological Responses ◽  
Environmental Impact Statements ◽  
Measured Change

The impoundment of Southern Indian Lake (SIL) and diversion from the lake of the Churchill River in northern Manitoba, Canada, were the subjects of two independent environmental impact statements. Subsequently, a case study measured change in the limnological and biological characteristics of the lake after development. Comparison of pre- and post-impoundment observations allows an assessment of the predictive capability that was applied to the lake by the preimpact statements. Predictions related to the physical environment, e.g. increased shoreline erosion, littoral sedimentation, higher turbidity, and decreased light penetration and visibility, were qualitatively correct; however, an unpredicted decrease in water temperature also occurred. Increased phosphorus availability and light limitation of primary production were also correctly forecasted in a qualitative manner. These aspects will be quantitatively predictable in future reservoirs because of studies at SIL and elsewhere. Biological responses above the primary trophic level were mostly not predicted or predicted incorrectly. Unpredicted changes that were especially significant to the fishery were rapid declines in the quantity and quality of whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) catch, increases in mercury concentrations in fish, and the need for extensive compensation programs to keep the fishery economically viable. Testable hypotheses to explain all unpredicted events have been formulated but require experimental verification. The paradigm of reservoir ecosystem development that is present in the literature requires reformulation if future environmental impact analyses of reservoirs are to be improved.

scholarly journals The Importance of Environmental Factors in the Planning of Container Terminals: The Case Study of the Port of Augusta

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2153
Author(s):  
Nadia Giuffrida ◽  
Maja Stojaković ◽  
Elen Twrdy ◽  
Matteo Ignaccolo
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Clean Environment ◽  
Different Levels

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.

scholarly journals Manufacturing Pre-Decisions: A Comparative Analysis of Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Reviews in Brazil and Portugal

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Fan Rocha ◽  
Tomás B. Ramos ◽  
Alberto Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Environmental Impact Statements ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Environment Agency ◽  
Review Reports

The review of environmental impact statements (EIS), despite its relevance to impact assessment effectiveness, has received scarce scholarly attention. Few studies have gone beyond the realm of regulatory evaluations to understand the managerial meanders of the review process. This study evaluated the responsibilities, procedures, information inputs, and scope of EIS reviews within two environmental authorities: APA (Portuguese Environment Agency), in Portugal, and SEMAD (State Secretariat for Environment and Sustainable Development), in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Based on a qualitative multiple-case study methodology informed by participant observation, unstructured interviews, and content analysis of 12 EIS review reports, the study provided what is arguably one of the most detailed characterizations of EIS review to date. While following similar institutional arrangements and broad procedural steps, the EIS review has important differences in APA and SEMAD. Overall, the Portuguese agency was found to have a more structured, participative, interdisciplinary, detailed, and grounded review, thus meeting some of the good practices often cited in the literature. The EIS review reports prepared by APA reviewers were also found to provide a profoundly more complete and transparent account of the review process. The details of the review process revealed in the article can affect perceptions around the legitimacy and reliability of reviewers’ recommendations.

The Environmental Impact on Human Wellbeing: A Case Study on Residences in Quarry Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Marinie Ahmad Zawawi ◽  
◽  
Wan Hasmirah Wan Ibrahim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Human Wellbeing ◽  
The People ◽  
New Development

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is compulsory in all types of new development. EIA is important to ensure that biological diversity is maintained and that development will not have any affect on the people and other species in that area. The aim of this study is to investigate the environmental impact on human wellbeing in the vicinity of quarrying. It will increase the awareness of the local population of the important factors that might affect the quality of their lives. A set of questionnaires was distributed to the community at Bandar Saujana Putra and Taman Kajang Perdana, in Selangor. A total of 60 residents were involved in the study. The results reveal that the community was concerned about health conditions and safety. However, there is still a lack of strategies to mitigate the problem. This study provides suggestions for mitigation that could be considered by the residents to reduce the effect of poor air quality caused by incorrect control and monitoring of activities in the area. It is anticipated that this study could assist both residents and authorities in improving the quality of the air as well as the residents’ quality of life.

‘Death by Twitter’: Understanding false death announcements on social media and the performance of platform cultural capital

First Monday ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjorn Nansen ◽  
Dominic O'Donnell ◽  
Michael Arnold ◽  
Tamara Kohn ◽  
Martin Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Online Identity ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
Digital News ◽  
Cultural Responses

In this paper, we analyse false death announcements of public figures on social media and public responses to them. The analysis draws from a range of public sources to collect and categorise the volume of false death announcements on Twitter and undertakes a case study analysis of representative examples. We classify false death announcements according to five overarching types: accidental; misreported; misunderstood; hacked; and hoaxed. We identify patterns of user responses, which cycle through the sharing of the news, to personal grief, to a sense of uncertainty or disbelief. But we also identify more critical and cultural responses to such death announcements in relation to misinformation and the quality of digital news, or cultures of hoax and disinformation on social media. Here we see the performance of online identity through a form that we describe, following Bourdieu as ‘platform cultural capital’.

THE CONSIDERATION OF IMPACTS UPON THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES

2004 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 19-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
EL-SAYED A. BADR ◽  
MATTHEW CASHMORE ◽  
DICK COBB
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Aquatic Environment ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Cumulative Impact ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Impact Prediction ◽  
Environmental Impact Statements ◽  
Core Elements

Considerable research has been undertaken on the quality of Environmental Impact Statements as an indicator, albeit superficial, of the effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) practices. Yet there remains a paucity of empirical data on practices at the more detailed level (e.g., for the consideration of certain environmental components and stages of the EIA process), despite the importance of such analyses for the development of grounded measures for enhancing effectiveness. This study contributes to the development of a detailed empirical understanding of EIA practices by examining analyses of impacts upon the aquatic environment (Water Impact Assessment (WIA)) for a sample of 50 development proposals in England and Wales. The research results indicate that WIA practices have improved over time, but a significant proportion of assessments remain unsatisfactory, and the quality of core elements of WIA (e.g., the consideration of alternatives and impact prediction) is particularly problematic. It is suggested that changes made to the EU EIA legislation have not significantly affected WIA practices in England and Wales. However, practices are not as problematic as research indicates is the case for ecological, socio-economic and cumulative impact assessments. Further strengthening the legislative provisions for EIA would partially address a number of specific problems (e.g., inadequate scoping and provision for monitoring). Nevertheless, a comprehensive and concerted strategy for enhancing effectiveness will be required if WIA is fulfil its potential for contributing to the management maxim of sustainable development.

scholarly journals Using Generic Inductive Approach in Qualitative Educational Research: A Case Study Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisha Liu
Keyword(s):  
Educational Research ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Inductive Approach ◽  
Theoretical Support ◽  
English Major ◽  
Effective Use

<p>Qualitative research strategy has been widely adopted by educational researchers in order to improve the quality of their empirical studies. This paper aims to introduce a generic inductive approach, pragmatic and flexible in qualitative theoretical support, by describing its application in a study of non-English major undergraduates’ English learning transition from school to university in China. Through an analysis of how this case study was conducted, the main features of the generic inductive approach are discussed in detail. Subsequently, some suggestions for its effective use are put forward so that this approach can help to provide meaningful interpretive power to make sense of the findings in educational research.</p>

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