Behaviour related flight speeds of Sandwich Terns and their implications for wind farm collision rate modelling and impact assessment

10.1016/j.eiar.2018.03.007

2018-04-07

Accurate quantification of flight speeds is a prerequisite to accurately predict the numbers of collision victims of proposed wind farms using collision rate models that are a vital part of Environmental Impact Assessments. We used GPS-loggers on Sandwich Ter...

Analysis of strategic environmental assessment in Taiwan energy policy and potential for integration with life cycle assessment

10.1016/j.eiar.2018.03.005

2018-04-04

Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) has been implemented in many policies in the European Union since 2001. In Taiwan, SEA has been implemented for 28 cases since 2001, which includes various types of policies. National energy policy is the most challeng...

Quantified economic and environmental values through Functional Productization - A simulation approach

10.1016/j.eiar.2018.03.006

2018-04-03

Industrial companies rely on hardware and services from external providers to deliver functions that are critical to their operations, increasingly demanding solutions that not only meet technical and availability requirements but are sustainable too. Traditi...

Sufficiently capable for effective participation in environmental impact assessment?

10.1016/j.eiar.2018.03.004

2018-03-30

Where environmental procedures do not adequately include affected parties in decision-making, particularly those from vulnerable and marginalized sectors of society, environmental justice cannot be realized. Further, the practice of EIA will likely perpetuate...

Effects of soundscape on rural landscape evaluations

10.1016/j.eiar.2018.03.003

2018-03-26

Highlights • The effects of soundscape on rural landscape evaluations are examined. • Landscape evaluations are significantly influenced by different soundscapes. • Difference among different sounds is greater for positive than negative landscapes. • Ground/v...

Are current effectiveness criteria fit for purpose? Using a controversial strategic assessment as a test case

10.1016/j.eiar.2018.01.004

2018-03-21

The aim of this paper is to test the broader utility of the sustainability assessment effectiveness framework of Bond et al. (2015) by applying it to a controversial strategic assessment case study. The effectiveness framework comprises six dimensions: proced...

Preferences for a lake landscape: Effects of building height and lake width

10.1016/j.eiar.2018.03.001

2018-03-16

Cities with lakes must balance the relationship between development and preservation of the natural landscape. Tall buildings are important in urban development, while landscape destruction and visual pollution caused by tall buildings have attracted more att...

A cradle-to-gate based life cycle impact assessment comparing the KBFw EFB hybrid reinforced poly hydroxybutyrate biocomposite and common petroleum-based composites as building materials

10.1016/j.eiar.2018.02.002

2018-03-02

Aligning the sustainability in construction process can be achieved through material selection process with low impact on environment and human health. Today, biocomposite materials are investigated and developed to replace with none, and less eco-friendly ma...

Development blind spots and environmental impact assessment: Tensions between policy, law and practice in Brazil's Xingu river basin ☆

10.1016/j.eiar.2018.02.001

2018-02-20

This paper explores the tensions involved in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and environmental licensing through a detailed analysis of the legal disputes and public contestations surrounding two projects, a large hydroelectric dam and a gold mine, wh...

A methodological approach to quantifying socioeconomic impacts linked to supply shocks

10.1016/j.eiar.2018.01.003

2018-02-04

Input-output models are commonly used to assess socioeconomic impacts. These models typically evaluate exogenous variations in demand-related elements; however, they do not fully capture the associated effects of backward and forward sectoral linkages simulta...