An Ecological Framework for Environmental Impact Assessment in Canada

• Author(s): Gordon E. Beanlands, Peter N. Duinker, Canada. Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office, Dalhousie University. Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies,
• Publisher: Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University and Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office
• Pages: 274
• ISBN_10: 0770304605
  ISBN_13: 9780770304607
  
• Language: en

Description:... "Environmental impact assessment in Canada has evolved into a fairly complicated sociopolitical phenomenon involving extensive administrative support systems. However, there is a growing concern within the assessment community that the scientific requirements and implications of such highly developed administrative procedures have not received similar attention. This report presents the results of a two-year project designed to address this concern in the Canadian context"--Summary, p. 1.