Environmental Impact Assessment Practice and Participation

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is among the most influential aspects of environmental regulation and policy today. Environmental Impact Assessment: Practice and Participation examines current debates, recent cases, and ongoing developments in Canadian EIA, accurately reflecting the diversity of issues EIA processes now address. This fully updated third edition has been revised to be even more accessible to student audiences and now provides a more consistent reading level and new chapters on EIA effectiveness, the science of assessment, social impact assessment, Canadian federal EIA, and more. The text offers enhanced and expanded pedagogy, including case studies, questions for critical thought, and a comprehensive glossary, making EIA concepts engaging and accessible.

1 - Environmental Impact Assessment: Process and Efficacy
2 - Progress and Uncertainty: The Evolution of Federal Environmental Assessment in Canada
3 - (NEW): Assessment Methods
4 - Public Participation in Canadian Environmental Assessment: Enduring Challenges and Future Directions
5 - Strategic Environmental Assessment
6 - (NEW): Social Impact Assessment: A Review of Academic and Practitioner Perspectives and Emerging Approaches
7 - (NEW): Cumulative Effects Assessment in the Context of Canadian Environmental Governance
8 - (NEW): Towards Meaningful Aboriginal Engagement and Co-Management: The Evolution of Environmental Assessment in Canada
9 - Multi-Jurisdictional Environmenal Assessment in Canada
10 - (NEW): The Canadian Federal Environmental Assessment Process
11 - Environmental Assessment and Land Claims, Devolution, and Co-Management: Evolving Challenges and Opportunities in Yukon
12 - (NEW): Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Review in the Post-Devolution Northwest Territories
13 - Impact Assessment in Nunavut
14 - Impact Assessment in British Columbia
15 - (NEW): Alberta's Environmental Assessment System
16 - Environmental Assessment in Saskatchewan
17 - Environmental Assessment: Manitoba Approaches
18 - Environmental Assessment in Ontario: Moving from Comprehensive Planning and Decision-Making to Streamlined Approvals
19 - Environmental Assessment in Quebec
20 - Atlantic Canada: A Story of EIA Adaptation

Kevin Hanna is an associate professor of geography at the University of British Columbia, where he is also the director of the UBC Centre for Environmental Assessment Research. His research interests include integrated approaches to environment and natural resource management, environmental impact assessment, regional planning and community sustainability, and Nordic natural resource management approaches and policy innovation.