155Environmental Impact Analysis and Assessment
very useful in the identication of alternatives that the environmental analy-
sis team and project proponent have overlooked or dismissed prematurely.
Also as discussed above, the development and description of classic and
other alternatives by the environmental analysis team can provide food for
thought and stimulate ideas by the stakeholders, producing new alternatives
or modication of previously identied approaches that can enrich the envi-
ronmental analysis, demonstrate trade-off, and produce a superior proposed
action.
As the environmental analysis progresses, it is important to have alterna-
tives that represent a clear choice regarding area, magnitude, and intensity
of impac