SCOPE 5 Environmental Impact Assessment - Principles and Procedures Contents Foreword G. F. White List of Figures List of Tables Preface SCOPE Working Group Participants, Toronto, October 1977 Summary 1. What is the Problem? 2. What are the Administrative Procedures? 3. What Should an Environmental Impact Assessment Do? 4. What are the Available Methods? 5. A Conceptual Framework for an Environmental Impact Assessment 6. How can Socio-Economic Methods be Used? References Appendix 1. Data for Environmental Impact Assessments Appendix 2. Some Examples of Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures Appendix 3. Some Examples of Environmental Impact Assessments Appendix 4. An Annotated Bibliography Appendix 5. An Example of the Use of Simulation Models in a Preliminary EIA Appendix 6. A Comprehensive List of Sociological Impact Indicator Appendix 7. Glossary of Terms The electronic version of this publication has been prepared at the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India.