An Approach to Environmental Impact Assessment for Projects affecting the Coastal and Marine Environment: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 122

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organization	Ecosystems Division
dc.contributor.other	Jernelov, Arne
dc.contributor.other	Marinov, Uri
dc.coverage.spatial	Oceans and Seas
dc.date.accessioned	2016-12-02T07:02:10Z
dc.date.available	2016-12-02T07:02:10Z
dc.date.issued	1990
dc.description	The formal process known today as environmental impact assessment (ElA) resulted from the raising of environmental awareness during the 1950s and 1960s. During those two decades it became increasingly evident that many industrial and other projects were producing undesirable environmental consequences. In response to these problems several governments realized the need for a mechanism ensuing that the environmental consequences of all major projects and plans were examined before their execution was formally authorized. The Congress of the Unfiled States of America was among the first to enact, in January 1970, a comprehensive environmental legislation, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), using the concept of EIA and requiring a systematic interdisciplinary evaluation of the potential environmental effect of all major federally funded projects.	en
dc.format	pdf
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/11750
dc.language	English
dc.page.number	42 p.
dc.title	An Approach to Environmental Impact Assessment for Projects affecting the Coastal and Marine Environment: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 122	en
dc.type	Technical report

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