Environmental impact assessment in the United Kingdom and Germany : comparision of EIA practice for wastewater treatment plants / Katharina Marr.

This volume examines wastewater treatment plants in the UK and their counterparts in Germany in the wake of the International Study of the Effectiveness of Environmental Assessment (1996). Having originated in the United States National Environment Policy Act of 1969, the basic concept of EIAs has b...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Marr, Katharina (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Series:Routledge revivals.
Studies in green research.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures, tables and boxes; Acknowledgements; Part I
  • Introduction; 1 Introduction; Statement of problem; Aims and objectives of research; Structure of book; 2 Methodology; Cross-national comparison; Setting up a framework for comparison; Total population of ElAs for wastewater treatment plants in the United Kingdom and Germany; Survey methods employed; Part II
  • Context of EIA for wastewater treatment plants; 3 The United Kingdom and Germany; Geographical background; Institutional background; Environmental policy
  • Comparison and conclusions4 Wastewater treatment
  • ecological and technological aspects; Effects of sewage on natural waters; Objectives and characteristics of wastewater treatment plants; Environmental effects of wastewater treatment plants; Wastewater management in the United Kingdom and Germany; Water quality in the United Kingdom and Germany; 5 Wastewater treatment
  • legal and administrative aspects; European legislation and declarations adopted at the North Sea Conferences; Legislation, regulation, and operation in the United Kingdom; Legislation, regulation, and operation in Germany
  • Part IV
  • EIA for wastewater treatment plants in practice8 The practice of EIA for wastewater treatment plants in the United Kingdom and Germany; Contexts of EIA processes; Stages in EIA processes and substantive issues raised; Competent authorities' opinions about EIA for wastewater treatment plants; Previous research on the practice of EIA; Part V
  • Conclusions; 9 Conclusions; Cross-national comparison of EIA practice; Recommendations to improve the EIA systems; References; Bibliography; Relevant statutes and statutory instruments; Personal communications; Annexes; Annex 1 : Glossary
  • Comparison of legislation, regulation, and operation of wastewater management in the United Kingdom and Germany6 Formal implementation of ΕIA; European Directive on EIA; EIA in the United Kingdom; EIA in Germany; Comparison of formal implementation of the European Directive in the United Kingdom and Germany; Part III -Framework for comparison; 7 Framework for comparison; Framework for comparing contexts of EIA processes; Framework for comparing stages in EIA processes and substantive issues raised; Framework for comparing competent authorities' opinions about EIA