The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment - Process, Substance and Integration (Hardcover)

The central idea animating environmental impact assessment (EIA) is that decisions affecting the environment should be made through a comprehensive evaluation of predicted impacts. Notwithstanding their evaluative mandate, EIA processes do not impose specific environmental standards, but rely on the creation of open, participatory and information rich decision-making settings to bring about environmentally benign outcomes. In light of this tension between process and substance, Neil Craik assesses whether EIA, as a method of implementing international environmental law, is a sound policy strategy, and how international EIA commitments structure transnational interactions in order to influence decisions affecting the international environment. Through a comprehensive description of international EIA commitments and their implementation with domestic and transnational governance structures, and drawing on specific examples of transnational EIA processes, the author examines how international EIA commitments can facilitate interest coordination, and provide opportunities for persuasion and for the internalisation of international environmental norms.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Neil Craik
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	358
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-87945-3
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International environmental law
LSN:	0-521-87945-0
Barcode:	9780521879453

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