title: Environmental Impact Assessment as a tool for risk management.
abstract: Environmental Impact Assessment is essentially a process comprising four elements: identification, prediction, evaluation, and monitoring. Properly conducted EIA studies can identify linkages between injurious events and/or activities and their damaging consequences. This aids in making the risk management decision. This paper discusses how EIA can be used as a tool for risk management. Each element of EIA, as well as available risk management options, is discussed. As a case example, the paper reviews EIA guidelines/procedures in Thailand and identify weakness and strength in capabilities to identify the sensitive areas where risk should be effectively controlled.
authors.affiliation: Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ratanachai
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005544:Forecasting; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D013785:Thailand