Environment
environmental impact statement eis, formal process used to predict how a development project or proposed legislation will affect such natural resources as water, air, land, and wildlife. the environmental impact statement was first introduced in 1969 in the united states as a requirement of the national environmental policy act. since then, an increasing number of countries have adopted the process, introducing legislation and establishing agencies with responsibility for its implementation.
environmental impact statements have mostly been applied to individual projects and have led to various offshoot techniques, such as health impact assessments, social impact assessments, cumulative effects assessments, and strategic environmental assessments environmental assessments of proposed policies, programs, and plans. in some cases, social and economic impacts are assessed as part of the environmental impact statements. in other cases, they are considered separately...