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Explain the Issues to be considered in EIA.

      

Explain the Issues to be considered in EIA.

  

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Kavungya
1. Ecological considerations, including :-
- Biological diversity.
- Sustainable use.
- Ecosystem maintenance.

2. Social considerations
- Economic impacts.
- Social cohesion or disruption.
- Human health impacts.
- Effect on culture and objects of cultural use.
- Immigration or emigration
- Communication – roads opened up, closed, rerouted.

3. Landscape
- Views opened up or closed.
- Visual impacts.
- Compatibility with surrounding area.
- Amenity opened up or closed

4. Land uses including
- Effects on current land uses and land use potentials in the project area.
- Possibility of multiple uses.

5. Water
- Water sources (quantity and quality) eg. Rivers, spring, lakes, underground, water etc.
- Drainage patterns and systems.
Kavungya answered the question on April 19, 2019 at 08:55


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