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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"environmental impact statement"”.
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Quark masses : an environmental impact statement
We investigate how the requirement that organic chemistry be possible constrains the values of the quark masses. Specifically, we choose a slice through the parameter space of the Standard Model in which quark masses vary so that as many as three quarks play a role in the formation of nuclei, while …
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Environmental impact statement and transportation planning : how does the process work?
Thesis. 1975. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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An Analysis on the Effectiveness of Sandy Island as Mitigation for the Carolina Bays Parkway
<p>The National Environmental Policy Act requires that potential significant environmental impacts are considered for every major federal action before the action commences. The Carolina Bays Parkway was expected to have significant environmental impacts; therefore, an Environmental Impact …
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How does participation in the framing, review, and incorporation of scientific information affect stakeholder perspectives on resource management decisions?
The conventional environmental impact statement (EIS) decision-making process, governed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), represents the prevailing practice with regard to public involvement in science-intensive policy disputes. The efficacy of the current system, however, has been …
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Sustaining A Conservation Legacy? An In Depth Perspective On the Interagency Bison Management Plan and the Potential for Collaboration
… and was finally implemented after a lengthy Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process in the winter of 2000.
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Sustaining A Conservation Legacy? An In Depth Perspective On the Interagency Bison Management Plan and the Potential for Collaboration
… and was finally implemented after a lengthy Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process in the winter of 2000.
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Protecting the Integrity of Organic Food in the Face of Genetic Engineering: The Case of Roundup Ready Alfalfa
… approach to RR alfalfa by performing a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and pulling it from the market until all risks are addressed.
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Protecting the Integrity of Organic Food in the Face of Genetic Engineering: The Case of Roundup Ready Alfalfa
… approach to RR alfalfa by performing a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and pulling it from the market until all risks are addressed.
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Next stop Tren Urbano : adding transit stations along partially defined alignments
… process, subsequent to submission of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). As such, they offer interesting and provocative illustrations of the complexities, tradeoffs, and conflicts permeating station siting and spacing decisions. As stations are the interface points between the …
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An Evaluation of Ecosystem Management and Its Application to the National Environmental Policy Act: The Case of the U.S. Forest Service
… include: earlier identification of critical impacts; better management of critical impacts; increased integration of ecological information and a broader understanding of sustainability; increased provisions for monitoring and evaluation; better reflection of reviewing agency and public …
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From Cadillac to Chevy: Environmental Concern, Compromise and the Central Utah Project Completion Act
… its expense in terms of both dollars and environmental damage while others have worried about its impact on their water rights. Because of its cost and complexity, planning and construction have spanned decades. This has allowed individuals, organizations, and government agencies …
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Predicting mining company-stakeholder conflict and incorporating social conditions into mining project valuation
… on mining, and institutional trust, and local environmental knowledge must be integrated into the decision-making systems in more comprehensive ways. This dissertation is a compilation of three research papers which seek to answer the following research questions: 1. How can governments better …
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Environmental impact assessment under NEPA: a redundant mechanism?
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) declared the Federal government's commitment to comprehensive environmental protection. The cutting-edge of NEPA is its requirement for including an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for all major Federal actions significantly affecting the …
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Damnesia: An examination of public participation and evolving approaches to hydropower development in the United States and Brazil
… have long been political flashpoints where environmental, economic and social considerations have vied for priority. Historically, economic benefits of large hydropower projects have been assumed to outweigh the costs, a rationale which catalyzed the construction of large hydropower dams …
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Driving forces and barriers for adaption strategies against the urban heat stress hazard in Berlin, Germany
… to stop it. We need to adapt to its unavoidable impacts. At the same time, increasing anthropogenic influence on urban climates is leading to worsening urban heat stress. Increased amounts of impervious area, dark surfaces, and the barrier effect of large buildings reduce the ability of …