Download or read book Multicriteria Environmental Assessment written by Nolberto Munier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses real-life examples to analyze techniques for undertaking the task of making an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of a project. The text offers suggestions on how to quantify the effects on people’s lives; comparative end results of using certain renewable and non-renewable resources; how to cost economic development against sustainability; and how to measure the unmeasurable: sunsets, tropical forests, mountains and more.