Vocabulary Term Details

Environmental impact assessment

Definition (https://www.gov.uk/environmental-impact-assessments)

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a formal process that, in this context, aims to protect uncultivated land and semi-natural areas from being damaged by agricultural work, and to guard against possible negative environmental effects from the restructuring of rural land holdings. (GOV.UK)

Preferred Units: N/A

Scope Note:
N/A

Broader Terms	Narrower Terms	Related Terms
Impact assessment	N/A	Environment Environmental management Environmental monitoring Environmental quality RIVPACS Sustainable development

This term is used for the following terms:
EIA (environmental impact assessment)
Environmental assessment
Environmental risk assessment

Approved Date
05-Nov-2013

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Vocabulary Term Details

Environmental impact assessment

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