Introduction to environmental impact assessment : a guide to principles and practice

Aims and objectives of environmental impact assessment -- An overview of environmental impact assessment in Canada -- Tools supporting EIA practice -- Screening procedures -- Scoping and environmental baseline assessments -- Prediciting environmental impacts -- Managing project impacts -- Determining impact significance -- Follow-up and monitoring -- Public participation in EIA -- Cumulative environmental effects assessment -- Strategic environmental assessment -- Professional practice and ethics -- The effectiveness of environmental assessment: retrospect and prospect