GEO 702 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Impact Assessment, Bill 78 (Quebec, 2012), Code

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEO 702
• Professor: Abednego Aryee

Document Summary

The process of identifying, predicting, evaluating, and mitigating the biophysical, social and other relevant effects of development proposals prior to major decisions being taken and commitments made (iaia and iea, 1999) Also known as environmental review process policy, not legally binding. Eia is a process to predict the environmental effects of proposed initiative before they are carried out (ceaa, 2007) The process of identifying , predicting, evaluating, and mitigating the biophysical, social and other relevant effects of development proposals prior to major decisions being taken and commitments made (iaia and iea, 1999) Eia is a process to predict the environmental effects of proposed initiatives before they are carried out (ceaa, 2007). In 1992, legally binding bill established, bill 78, systematic process in canada, established responsibilities for stock holders: roles of gov, required by law for environmental assessment. Issues should be relevant: monitoring and feedback capacity, monitored constantly to determine if they"re doing the right thing.