Environmental Impact Assessment: Issues, Trends and Practice A new book which will enhance the capacity of countries, particularly developing countries and countries in transition to market economies, to devise suitable country specific environmental impact assessment (EIA) guidelines and to address emerging issues facing the use of EIA to achieve sustainable development. The focus on EIAs is in such areas as the: identification of the underlying principles; comparative analysis of existing guidelines; identification of significant common features in the existing guidelines and their absolute validity as key references; development of those features which apply to developing economies and economies in transition; and identification of emerging issues and their incorporation into practices. Book Ordering Information:    Sales Number: E. 96.III.D.81     Pages: 108pp.      Price: $25.00 [Environment Main] [Subject Index] [Alphabetical Index] [UN Publications Policies] Copyright © 1997 United Nations