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Environmental Impact Analysis
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Environmental Impact Analysis

by James T. Maughan
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
400 pages
14h 23m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Environmental Impact Analysis
21Summary of the National Environmental Policy Act
analysis, comparisons such as air quality benets versus adverse effects on
community noise levels, or highway trafc versus brook trout habitats are
inevitable. Using a degree of common methodology, such as signicance cri-
teria (see Chapter 5), is an important analysis approach that facilitates an
integration of disciplines to compare alternatives and make decisions that
balance effects on critical environmental resources.
Using a similar level of detail, accuracy, and precision to investigate
resources with similar levels of impact is another aspect of an interdisciplin-
ary approach that facilitates comparison of alternatives and decision mak-
ing, and adds to the objectivity of a ...
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ISBN: 9781466567832