Strategic Environmental Assessment to Improve Infrastructure Impact Assessments in Brazil

Inclusion of Health in Environmental Impact Assessment of Major Transport Infrastructure Projects in Vietnam

Background Infrastructure spending, especially in the transport sector, is expected to increase rapidly in Vietnam. This boost in transportation investment impacts health. Environmental impact assessments (EIAs) are essential tools for decision-making to reduce and mitigate anticipated impacts of development projects, and integration of health assessment as an essential part of the EIA process ...

Health Impact Assessment Practice and Potential for Integration within Environmental Impact and Strategic Environmental Assessments in Italy

Avoiding or minimizing potential environmental impact is the driving idea behind protecting a population's health via Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs). However, both are often carried out without any systematic approach. This paper describes the findings of a review of HIA, EIA andSEA experiences carried out by the authors, who act as instit...

Evaluation of the Proposal of a Spatial Data Infrastructure in Bahia-Brazil and its Potential Repercussions to Environmental Impact Assessments

This paper is the result of a master's research was to assess the potential and major restrictions on the use of geographic data available in a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) as a facilitator in the development of spatial representations in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and its Environmental Impact Report (EIR), to promote compliance with the studies, communication with society and t...

Including Health in Environmental Assessments of Major Transport Infrastructure Projects: A Documentary Analysis

Background Transport policy and practice impacts health. Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are regulated public policy mechanisms that can be used to consider the health impacts of major transport projects before they are approved. The way health is considered in these environmental assessments (EAs) is not well known. This research asked: How and to what extent was human health considere...

Considering Ecological Processes in Environmental Impact Assessments