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The Origins of Environmental Assessment
Fabio Cutaiasubject
ScarcityProcess (engineering)media_common.quotation_subjectInstitutionEnvironmental ethicsEcological assessmentNational Environmental Policy ActEnvironmental impact assessmentSociologyNatural resourceEnvironmental qualitymedia_commondescription
Looking back through the course of history, it is indeed possible to find many different forms of “environmental assessment” that relate to a clear, unifying philosophy: to consider the impact of such practices before they are implemented. The most important difference that is clearly prevalent in more recent instances is the consideration of the environmental component in the assessment process, which can be straightforwardly be attributed to an increasing awareness within the modern society of the ever-growing scarcity and the cost of natural resources combined with the resulting quality of life for current and future generations. Focusing on the origin of modern ecological assessment, this chapter will seek to analyse the developments in the disciplines and benefits pertaining to the new Strategic Environmental Assessment—an institution conceived in response to the progression of not only particular requirements—but also to economical, social and ecological values as well as the complexity of the planning process itself.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-01 |