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Handbook on biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment / edited by Davide Geneletti.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Research handbooks on impact assessment seriesPublisher: Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2016Description: x, 512 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781783478989 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 578.7 HAN 010720
Contents:
Contents:Chapter 1. IntroductionDavide GenelettiPART 1 MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT TYPES 2. Spatial Ecosystem Service Analysis for Environmental Impact Assessment of ProjectsLisa Mandle and Heather Tallis3. Ecosystem Services Analysis for Strategic Environmental Assessment: Concepts and ExamplesDavide Geneletti4. Scoping Health Impact Assessment: Ecosystem Services as a Framing DevicePierre Horwitz and Margot W. Parkes5. Matching an Ecosystem Services Approach with Social Impact AssessmentLeena Karrasch6. Economic Evaluation of the Impacts of Transportation Infrastructures on Ecosystem ServicesLea Tardieu7. Addressing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Life Cycle AssessmentAssumpcio Anton, Danielle Maia de Souza, Felix Teillard and Llorenc Mila i CanalsPART II APPLICATIONS IN DIFFERENT SECTORS 8. Impacts of Urban Development on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesBerit Balfors, Juan Azcarate, Ulla Mortberg, Marten Karlson and Sara Odelius Gordon 9. Impacts of Agricultural and Forest Management on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesChristine Furst, Susanne Frank, Marcos Jimenez, Daniel Alejandro Rozas Vasquez, Katrin Pietzsch and Frank Pietzsch10. Applications of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Impact Assessment in Spatial Planning Leena Kopperoinen, Christian Albert and Pekka Itkonen 11. Ecosystem Services in Marine Environmental Impact Assessment: Tools to Support Marine Planning at Project and Strategic ScalesTara Hooper, Olivia Langmead and Matthew Ashley12. Understanding the Impacts of Ecotourism on Biodiversity: A Multi-Scale, Cumulative Issue Influenced by Perceptions and PoliticsDavid Newsome and Mike Hughes13. Exploring the Tradeoffs Between Wind Energy and Biodiversity ConservationLea Bulling and Johann Koppel14. Cumulative Effects of Dams on BiodiversityAsha RajvanshiPART III CURRENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 15 Addressing the Interactions Between Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation in Impact AssessmentDilys Roe and Davide Geneletti16. Biodiversity Offsets for `No Net Loss' Through Impact AssessmentSusie Brownlie and Jo Treweek17. Mitigation for the People: An Ecosystem Services FrameworkHeather Tallis, Christina M. Kennedy, Mary Ruckelshaus, Joshua Goldstein and Joseph M. Kiesecker18. Promoting Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Cities Through Impact AssessmentDavide Geneletti, Linda Zardo and Chiara Cortinovis19. Where are the Best Places for the Next Billion People? Think Globally, Plan RegionallyRichard T.T. Forman and Jianguo (Jingle) WuCONCLUSIONS20. Strengthening Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessment for Better DecisionsDavide GenelettiIndex
Summary: This Handbook presents state-of-the-art methodological guidance and discussion of international practice related to the integration of biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment, featuring contributions from leading researchers and practitioners the world over.
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Contents:Chapter 1. IntroductionDavide GenelettiPART 1 MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT TYPES 2. Spatial Ecosystem Service Analysis for Environmental Impact Assessment of ProjectsLisa Mandle and Heather Tallis3. Ecosystem Services Analysis for Strategic Environmental Assessment: Concepts and ExamplesDavide Geneletti4. Scoping Health Impact Assessment: Ecosystem Services as a Framing DevicePierre Horwitz and Margot W. Parkes5. Matching an Ecosystem Services Approach with Social Impact AssessmentLeena Karrasch6. Economic Evaluation of the Impacts of Transportation Infrastructures on Ecosystem ServicesLea Tardieu7. Addressing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Life Cycle AssessmentAssumpcio Anton, Danielle Maia de Souza, Felix Teillard and Llorenc Mila i CanalsPART II APPLICATIONS IN DIFFERENT SECTORS 8. Impacts of Urban Development on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesBerit Balfors, Juan Azcarate, Ulla Mortberg, Marten Karlson and Sara Odelius Gordon 9. Impacts of Agricultural and Forest Management on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesChristine Furst, Susanne Frank, Marcos Jimenez, Daniel Alejandro Rozas Vasquez, Katrin Pietzsch and Frank Pietzsch10. Applications of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Impact Assessment in Spatial Planning Leena Kopperoinen, Christian Albert and Pekka Itkonen 11. Ecosystem Services in Marine Environmental Impact Assessment: Tools to Support Marine Planning at Project and Strategic ScalesTara Hooper, Olivia Langmead and Matthew Ashley12. Understanding the Impacts of Ecotourism on Biodiversity: A Multi-Scale, Cumulative Issue Influenced by Perceptions and PoliticsDavid Newsome and Mike Hughes13. Exploring the Tradeoffs Between Wind Energy and Biodiversity ConservationLea Bulling and Johann Koppel14. Cumulative Effects of Dams on BiodiversityAsha RajvanshiPART III CURRENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 15 Addressing the Interactions Between Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation in Impact AssessmentDilys Roe and Davide Geneletti16. Biodiversity Offsets for `No Net Loss' Through Impact AssessmentSusie Brownlie and Jo Treweek17. Mitigation for the People: An Ecosystem Services FrameworkHeather Tallis, Christina M. Kennedy, Mary Ruckelshaus, Joshua Goldstein and Joseph M. Kiesecker18. Promoting Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Cities Through Impact AssessmentDavide Geneletti, Linda Zardo and Chiara Cortinovis19. Where are the Best Places for the Next Billion People? Think Globally, Plan RegionallyRichard T.T. Forman and Jianguo (Jingle) WuCONCLUSIONS20. Strengthening Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessment for Better DecisionsDavide GenelettiIndex

This Handbook presents state-of-the-art methodological guidance and discussion of international practice related to the integration of biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment, featuring contributions from leading researchers and practitioners the world over.

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