Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PARTICIPANTS AND ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. Part I INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION
6. 1. Environmental Assessment: Nature, Scope and Historical Development 5
7. 2. Environmental Impact Assessment in the Former Soviet Union in Its Historical Context 12
8. Part II COUNTRY STUDIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT LEGISLATION AND PRACTICE
9. 1. Establishing Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Through the Environmental Assessment Act in Armenia 17
10. 2. Environmental Impact Assessment in the Republic of Belarus 26
11. 3. Environmental Impact Assessment in Bulgaria 31
12. 4. Environmental Impact Assessment in Croatia 38
13. 5. Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in the Czech Republic 45
14. 6. Upgrading Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures in Estonia 51
15. 7. Environmental Impact Assessment Implementation in Hungary 57
16. 8. Environmental Impact Assessment in the Republic of Kazakhstan 63
17. 9. Environmental Impact Assessment in Latvia 70
18. 10. Environmental Impact Assessment in Lithuania 78
19. 11. Environmental Impact Assessment in Moldova 88
20. 12. Environmental Impact Assessment Implementation in Montenegro 92
21. 13. Environmental Impact Assessment in Poland 95
22. 14. Environmental Impact Assessment in Romania 105
23. 15. Environmental Impact Assessment in the Russian Federation 114
24. 16. Environmental Impact Assessment in Serbia 126
25. 17. Environmental Impact Assessment in the Slovak Republic 132
26. 18. Environmental Impact Assessment in Slovenia 143
27. 19. Environmental Impact Assessment in Ukraine: History and Recent Developments 147
28. 20. Comparison and Evaluation of EIA Systems in Countries in Transition 157
29. Part III SOME LEADING ISSUES: WORKSHOP GROUP FINDINGS
30. Workshop Group Findings 167
31. Workshop 1: Responsibility / Authority For Carrying Out EIAs 169
32. Workshop 2: Enforcement of EIA Legislation and Regulations 172
33. Workshop 3: Quality Control of the EIA Process 175
34. Workshop 4: Effectiveness of EIA As a Tool of Environmental Planning and Environmental Management 178
35. Workshop 5: Integrating EIA into Planning and Decision Making 181
36. Workshop 6: Integration of Cost Benefit Analysis and EIA 183
37. Workshop 7: How to Integrate Social, Health and Risk Assessment into EIA 186
38. Workshop 8: Linkages between EIA and Other Environmental Legislation 190
39. Workshop 9: Consultation and Public Participation 192
40. Workshop 10: Determining The Significance of Impacts 195
41. Workshop 11: Strategic Environmental Assessment 197
42. Workshop 12: Training for EIA and SEA 199
43. Part IV CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
44. Conclusions and Recommendations 203
45. Appendix. Use of Models in EIA 207