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T1 Environmental Impact Assessment: Issues, Trends and Practice
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 environmental impact assessment
K1 environmental monitoring
K1 environmental accounting
K1 environmental protection
K1 environmental quality
K1 environmental economics
K1 environmental law
K1 sustainable development
K1 global warming
K1 socioeconomic indicator
K1 transboundary environmental impact
YR 1996
FD 1996
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28884
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28884
NO The main objective of the EIA: 155ue5, Trends and Practice document is to enhance the capacity of countries, particularly developing countries and countries in transition to market economies, to devise suitable country specific environmental impact assessment (EIA) guidelines and to address emerging issues facing the use of EIA to achieve sustainable development. The EIA: issues, Trends and Practice document is intended to enhance coherence in the adoption of [IA practices, based on a review and comparative analysis of existing [IA practices. It identifies the underlying principles and the significant common features in the practice of EIA. Based on this comparative analy5is, the document derives a set of key references for EIA practices and addresses emerging issues. Specifically the document will assist EIA practitioners to review, or develop, EIA guidelines appropriate to the specific needs, development priorities and socio-economic and cultural background of countries.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026