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required to protect and conserve environment. They are required to know if their
services are useful besides how they can be improved to protect environment.
Decision maker’s direction should be both a catalyst and foundation for the work of
the governing agency from which laws, guidelines and state budget would arise.
Like resources, ecological services of any ecological set-up are limited and cannot
take pressure beyond its capacity. Any stress beyond capacity of nature will result in
counter-stress by nature to eliminate the stress to upkeep nature’s health. Some of
the examples of stress on environment and counter-stress by environment is given in
Table 2.1.
The health, as well as well-being, of citizens is determined by a broad array of
social, economic, as well as environmental influences. HIA process shall identify
the relevant stakeholders and consult them prior to finalizing an assessment.
Significant impact of project and policy on health varies from case to case. HIA
quantification for expansion of Stansted airport – second runway calculated health
effects of air quality, noise and road traffic accidents.
The construction of a waste to energy plant proposed in London, UK, located
next to the river Thames anticipated 85% of the waste delivery by barge with the rest
Fig. 2.5 Poor water
supply and weak structure
in poor locality
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required to protect and conserve environment. They are required to know if their
services are useful besides how they can be improved to protect environment.
Decision maker’s direction should be both a catalyst and foundation for the work of
the governing agency from which laws, guidelines and state budget would arise.
Like resources, ecological services of any ecological set-up are limited and cannot
take pressure beyond its capacity. Any stress beyond capacity of nature will result in
counter-stress by nature to eliminate the stress to upkeep nature’s health. Some of
the examples of stress on environment and counter-stress by environment is given in
Table 2.1.
The health, as well as well-being, of citizens is determined by a broad array of
social, economic, as well as environmental influences. HIA process shall identify
the relevant stakeholders and consult them prior to finalizing an assessment.
Significant impact of project and policy on health varies from case to case. HIA
quantification for expansion of Stansted airport – second runway calculated health
effects of air quality, noise and road traffic accidents.
The construction of a waste to energy plant proposed in London, UK, located
next to the river Thames anticipated 85% of the waste delivery by barge with the rest
Fig. 2.5 Poor water
supply and weak structure
in poor locality
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