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NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Management Tools for Port Security, Critical Infrastructure and Sustainability, Venice, Italy, 01 March 2006, pp.471-481, (Full Text)
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) work is becoming more and more extensive in the world. The environmental assessment process has been defined differently in different countries. In fact, it appears that no two countries have defined it in exactly the same way. It is an aid to decision making and to the minimization or elimination of environmental impacts at an early planning stage. The EIA process is potentially a basis for negotiations between the developer, public interest groups, and the planning regulator.