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Environmental Effects
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Effects
and Issues Addressed in Environmental Assessment
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|
|
No.
of Countries
|
|
Direct
effects
|
20
|
|
Secondary
(indirect) effects
|
20
|
|
Cumulative
effects
|
15
|
|
Large-scale
regional/global effects
|
14
|
|
Biodiversity
effects
|
13
|
|
Sustainability
considerations
|
13
|
|
Other
|
3
|
Source: Barry Sadler, Environmental
Assessment in a Changing World: Evaluating Practice to Improve
Performance, June
1996, chapter 4.
Range
of factors that can be considered: The large majority of
jurisdictions include social, health, risk, and, to a lesser
degree, economic factors as part of assessment. Other factors
that are taken into account include cultural-historical heritage,
archaeology, visual impact, material assets, land use by indigenous
peoples, community structure, and landscape (see Box 4.5).
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Box
4.5: Factors Addressed in an Assessment
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|
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No.
of Countries
|
|
Environmental
(biophysical)
|
20
|
|
Social
|
14
|
|
Economic
|
13
|
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Health
|
17
|
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Risk
|
16
|
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Other
|
9
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Source: Barry
Sadler, Environmental
Assessment in a Changing World: Evaluating Practice to Improve
Performance, June
1996, chapter 4.
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