Elsevier (Netherlands)
Impact assessment is defined by the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) as the process of identifying the future consequences of a current or proposed action. For Environmental Impact Assessment Review (EIA
Impact assessment is defined by the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) as the process of identifying the future consequences of a current or proposed action. For Environmental Impact Assessment Review (EIA Review), the field of IA can be related to as the assessment of impacts on or of the environment (including, for example, EIA and SEA), social (SIA), health (HIA), risk (RIA), human rights, equity, language, technology, products, etc. With current or proposed actions, the EIA Review audience assesses how best to evaluate the impacts of policies, projects, processes and products, and how best to make decisions and undertake management activities. EIA Review covers the following topics (the list is not exhaustive):
- Development of IA theory and concepts;
- IA legislation, procedure and practice;
- IA Governance;
- IA Methods, for example, forecasting, indicators, systems-based approaches, ecosystem services assessment, cost benefit analysis, algorithms, network-based approaches, among others;
- Life Cycle Assessment, Carbon Footprinting, Energy Analysis, Emergy Analysis, and Integrated Product Policy;
- Environmental Management Systems.
- Author-paid optional open access
- English
