Environmental and social impact quantitative assessment is an essential tool for the correct
location of economic activities within the territory. The main problem of impact quantification …

Recently, various EIA systems have been subjected to system review processes with a view
to improve performance. Many of these reviews resulted in some form of legislative reform …

This article describes the role played by the Brazilian Audit Tribunal (Tribunal de Contas da
União—TCU) in the external auditing of environmental management in Brazil, highlighting …

Environmental issues, bringing together the natural and the social spheres, are probably
one of the most appropriate fields of development for transdisciplinary research …

A Avaliação de Impacto Ambiental (AIA) é uma ferramenta internacionalmente aceita e
estabelecida (JAY et al., 2007; SÁNCHEZ, 2008), constituindo o instrumento de verificação …

The effectiveness of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been analyzed through
the application of good practice criteria, with emphasis on assessing the quality of studies …

ABSTRACT Sooner or later, Health Impact Assessment (HIA) will be conducted as a legal
requirement (instead of a voluntary process) in a variable number of public and/or private …

Although environmental protection was not initially one of the objectives of European
integration and the evolution of environmental policy has followed, by and large, an ad hoc …

Resumo No Brasil, a Avaliação de Impacto Ambiental serve como suporte para a emissão
das licenças ambientais. A etapa central deste processo é a elaboração de estudos …

Este trabajo aborda los principales déficits conceptuales y metodológicos de la Evaluación
de Impacto Social (EIS) en el ámbito latinoamericano. Este campo de estudio no ha …