Critical Evaluation of the EIA Process

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
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Critical evaluation of the EIA process
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) refers to a process of examining, analyzing and assessing
the planned activities with the main aim of ensuring environmental sustainability development.
EIA is a planning and management tool which is used for identifying the likelihood, type and
magnitude of changes which are likely to happen as a result of the proposed activities and
policies and at the same time to convey this data to the responsible authorities involved in
decision making process(Glasson, and Therivel, 2013). Based on using the Wood Model, the
EIA can be analyzed as shown below. Environmental impact assessment is the projection of the
entire probable effects of human activity on the environment.
Environmental impact assessment cannot meet its sustainability objectives without an organized
way of reexamining its procedures. However the big problem is that the reevaluation programs
aren’t fully applied which leaves the environment at stake.
In this discussion we will analyze the weakness of the EIA scoping procedures and their
advantages.

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i) Legal Basis of EIA system
EIA process in a territory or a country is usually based on some administrative, legal, political
and socioeconomic circumstances of that given territory or country. According to the model,
each element of Environmental Impact Assessment should be able to achieve two objectives i.e.
Explanatory in that, the EIA process and procedures should be clear in the international
perspective. Analysis. The Environmental Impact Assessment system should offer better
perceptive practices for any given jurisdiction (O'Faircheallaigh, 2010).
ii) The extent of coverage of the EIA process
Developmental activities are of two categories