ENV201H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Redone, Intergenerational Equity, Precautionary Principle
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Today"s topics: life cycle assessment, cost-benefit analysis (do reading) Environmental impact assessment: infrastructure, activities, and policies. Cost-benefit analysis: projects, programs, policies, regulations, and economic decisions. This case study led to the development of the cea (1995: george n. hood, against the flow: rafferty-alameda and the politics of the environment, fifth house publishers, saskatoon, sk, 1994, summary of eia pros and cons. Chapter 17: ea in canada: encouraging decisions for sustainability. Stages in the evolution of ea: reactive pollution control implement the project and then deal, proactive impact identification and mitigation start thinking, broader environmental considerations- still proactive but still. 4. with impacts before implementing the projects think outside of the box. Integrated planning and decision-making for sustainability; cumulative effects what we"re trying to work towards (sea in the textbook; strategic env assess: ceaa (1995) as the cornerstone for federal eia. Chapter 17, continued: key elements of best-practice for ea, #1: strong legislative foundation; mandatory (shouldn"t be.
