Standards and Thresholds for Impact Assessment [Paperback]

Standards and Thresholds play an important role in many stages of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process. They can be legally-binding or guidance values and are linked to environmental data. This publication provides a comprehensive collection of standards and thresholds, their derivation and application in case studies of EIA projects. The first part introduces the nature of standards and thresholds and key drivers for their determination. The book then describes, in Part II, technical standards from the perspective of EIA projects. Part III addresses the issue from the other side, environment and human health, and discusses the assessment of impacts on the sensitivity or value of environmental and health components. Part IV sets out some emerging issues for standard and threshold with reference to new sectors and with recent instruments. The book concludes in Part V with the role of monitoring, and final implementation.

Environmental Policies and Key Drivers for Setting Standards and Thresholds.- Principles and Purposes of Standards and Thresholds in the EIA Process.- Standards and Thresholds in German Environmental Law.- Standards and Thresholds for EA in Highly Polluted Areas  The Approach of Ukraine.- Poverty and Disease Remediation in the Millennium Development Goals: Time for Kenya to Set Standards and Thresholds?.- Widening the Scope  Sustainability Indicators, Legal Thresholds and Standards in Portugal.- Problems in Setting Thresholds.- Thresholds and Standards for Different Types of Projects.- Requirements on EIA Quality Management.- Environmental Impact Assessment Standards and Thresholds for Sanitary Landfills.- Standards and Thresholds for Waste Water Discharges in Mexico.- Standards for Wastewater Treatment in Brazil.- Standards for and Evaluation of Small-Scale Dam Projects in Yemen.- The Need for Developing Thresholds for the Recycling Rate of Products in Thailand.- Guidelines for SEA in Marine Spatial Planning for thel*