scholarly journals Development of a Geographic Information Systems Baseline Spatial Geodatabase Template for Evaluating Potential and Predicted Environmental Impacts for Sustainable Environmental Impact Assessment of Mining in Sierra Leone

2020 ◽  
Vol 08 (10) ◽  
pp. 262-284
Author(s):  
Samuel Mohamed Kamara
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Geographic Information

Application of Gis in Environmental Impact Assessment

2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 4855-4860
Author(s):  
Dong Qin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Monitoring Data ◽  
Environmental Monitoring Data

This paper Based on the composition, types, functions and applications in the field of geographic information systems, analyzes the advantages of GIS technology in environmental impact assessment. From the project environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the limitations of departure, outlining the current status of the EIA study, while an overview of the geographic information system (GIS) functionality and applications, focusing on the status of the application of environmental impact assessment in the field of geographic information systems Necessity and Prospect. And use some of the existing management and analysis of environmental monitoring information system based on GIS examples further illustrate the application of GIS in Environmental Monitoring Data Management Analysis, give full play to the advantages of GIS spatial information processing and comprehensive analysis of expression, making the environmental monitoring data more effective.

scholarly journals Beyond Public Particpation: The disjuncture between South Africa's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Law and Sustainable Development

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
T Murombo
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Provisions

One of the key strategies for achieving sustainable development is the use of the process of evaluating the potential environmental impacts of development activities. The procedure of environmental impact assessment (EIA) implements the principle of integration which lies at the core of the concept of sustainable development by providing a process through which potential social, economic and environmental impacts of activities are scrutinised and planned for. Sustainable development may not be achieved without sustained and legally mandated efforts to ensure that development planning is participatory. The processes of public participation play a crucial role in ensuring the integration of the socio-economic impacts of a project into the environmental decision-making processes. Public participation is not the only process, nor does the process always ensure the achievement of sustainable development. Nevertheless, decisions that engage the public have the propensity to lead to sustainable development. The public participation provisions in South Africa’s EIA regulations promulgated under the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 show a disjuncture between the idea of public participation and the notion of sustainable development. The provisions do not create a framework for informed participation and leave a wide discretion to environmental assessment practitioners (EAPs) regarding the form which participation should assume. In order for environmental law, specifically EIA laws, to be effective as tools to promote sustainable development the laws must, among other things, provide for effective public participation. The judiciary must also aid in the process by giving content to the legal provisions on public participation in the EIA process.

scholarly journals The Need and Use of Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Impact Assessment in Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
Ramesh Prasad Bhatt
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Energy And Environment ◽  
Impact Prediction ◽  
Gis Applications ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessments ◽  
Thematic Information

Geographical applications in EIA studies is appropriate to build up and extend their knowledge and skills in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), and obtain practical experience in the application of GIS technologies and disciplines. This article highlights emerging topics related to the principles and practice of EIA, including concepts, tools and methods, and related issues. GIS as a tool will be used to visually illustrate the implications of spatial decisions. GIS is applied in all EIA stages: from the acquisition, storage and display of thematic information relative to the vulnerability of the affected resources, to impact prediction and qualification, evaluation, and finally, presentation. This paper highlights how GIS applications using in EIA process in different countries and find out possibility to incorporate those applications in EIA studies in Nepal.Hydro Nepal: Journal of  Water, Energy and Environment, Issue 4 2009 pp.21-23

scholarly journals Geographic information systems (GIS) in global public health: A sierra leone case study

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
R. Wilson ◽  
R. Groen ◽  
S. Yambasu ◽  
T. Kamara ◽  
A. Kushner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Global Public Health
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