This Book Is Intended To Help Environmental Impact Assessment (Eia) Participants Design And Implement More Effective Eia Processes And Bridge The Gap Between The Assessments And Decision - Making. It Can Contribute To More Effective Eia Requirements And To The Enhanced Quality And Effectiveness Of Eia Processes And Documents. The New Edition Is Fully Updated To Address Changes In The Field Since The First Edition Was Published. The Book Reflects Changes In Both Eia Legislation (In The Us, Canada, Australia And The Eu) And In Eia Literature. The Book Encompasses Eia And Sea Requirements And Guidelines In The United States, Canada, Australia And The European Union. The New Edition Has Been Modified To Include Strategic Environmental Assessment (Sea, ) The Assessment Of Policies, Plans And Programs, Practice. Also New To The Second Edition Is A Much Broader Range Of Practice - Related Problems, Issues And Challenges Including A New Set Of Practice - Based Stories To Provide A Real World Context For The Conceptual And Applied Analyses. Some Key Features Of The Book Include A New Set Of Practice - Based Stories (To Provide A Real World Context For The Conceptual And Applied Analyses), The Ample Use Of Summary Tables And Figures (To Facilitate Understanding, Teaching And Application), Eia Process Diagrams For Each Recurrent Problem (To Guide Eia Process Design And Management), The Insertion Of Good Practice Summary Tables Into Each Chapter (To Facilitate More Effective And Efficient Eia Practice), The Insertion Of Analyses And Advice Concerning Issues And Challenges Commonly Encountered In Eia Practice (To Help Keep Eia Processes On Track), Checklists At The End Of Each Chapter (To Provide A Handy Tool For Structuring The Design And Evaluation Of Eia Processes And Documents By Lawyers, Interest Groups And In Class Exercises), And Summing Up Sections At The End Of Each Chapter (To Provide Non - Specialists And Busy Professionals With A Handy Overview And To Act As A Refresher For Eia Professionals)