Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-483) and indexes.
Principles and procedures -- Introduction and principles -- Origins and development -- Process -- Starting up -- Early stages -- Impact prediction, evaluation and mitigation -- Participation, presentation and review -- Monitoring and auditing -- Practice -- Environmental impact assessment and projects requiring planning permission -- Environmental impact assessment of projects not subject to planning control -- Comparative practice -- Prospects -- Improving the effectiveness of project assessment -- Widening the scope -- Appendices.