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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Inadequate environmental impact assessment

Inadequate environmental impact assessment

  • Incomplete analysis of environmental impacts of projects
  • Insufficient impact analysis of programmes
  • Inadequate environmental policy evaluation

Broader

Uncoordinated policy-making
Presentable
Uncertain environmental impact of current policy
Yet to rate
Inadequate implementation of plans and programmes against problems
Yet to rate
Fragmented decision-making
Yet to rate

Narrower

Inadequate capacity for technology assessment
Excellent
Latent problems
Presentable
Inadequate evaluation of environmental costs
Presentable
Lack of full cost accounting of consumer products
Yet to rate
Failure to take account of externalities of systems
Yet to rate
Disguised negative consequences of remedial action
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Social hardships of economic reform
Excellent
Negative ecological impact of overpopulation
Excellent
Inappropriate use of low frequency acoustic sound
Excellent
Environmental hazards of industrialization
Excellent
Environmental hazards from transport systems
Excellent
Environmental degradation
Excellent
Air pollution
Excellent
Unhealthy human environment
Presentable
Uncontrolled environmental impact of technology
Presentable
Indiscriminate economic development
Presentable
Inappropriate transfer of technology
Presentable
Adverse environmental consequences of depressed agricultural prices
Presentable
Abusive exemption from legal requirements
Presentable
Lack of environmental accountability
Yet to rate
Failure of development programmes
Yet to rate
Cumulative environmental impacts
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Incompatibility of environmental and economic decision-making
Excellent
Unaccountability of institutions degrading the environment
Presentable
Lack of systems for achieving grassroots agreement
Yet to rate

Related

Mismatch between theory and practical reality
Presentable
Intellectual methods excluding popular participation in technological development
Presentable
Failure of methods to appropriate data
Presentable

Strategy

Promoting public participation in environmental decision-making
Excellent
Planning for environmental factors
Presentable
Assessing environmental impacts
Presentable
Implementing economic appraisal for proposed development activities
Yet to rate
Ensuring environmental impact assessment of proposed development projects
Yet to rate
Conducting natural resources damage assessments
Yet to rate

Value

Insufficiency
Yet to rate
Incompleteness
Yet to rate
Inadequacy
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Subject
  • Commerce » Assessment
  • Environment » Environment
  • Fundamental sciences » Analytics
  • Policy-making » Policy
  • Research, standards » Evaluation
  • Societal problems » Inadequacy
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 1, 2022