The environmental impact assessment process is over 40 years old and has dramatically expanded. Topics, such as social, health and human rights impact are now included. The main body of an impact analysis is generally hundreds of pages long and supported by countless technical appendices. For large, oil/gas, mining and water resources projects both the volume and technical sophistication of the reports has far exceeded the processing ability of host communities. Instead of informing and empowering, the reports are abstruse and overwhelming. Reinvention is required. The development of a visual integrated impact assessment strategy that utilizes remote sensing and spatial analyses is described.
BT - Geospatial health C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23032278?dopt=Abstract DA - 2012 Sep DO - 10.4081/gh.2012.130 IS - 3 J2 - Geospat Health LA - eng N2 -The environmental impact assessment process is over 40 years old and has dramatically expanded. Topics, such as social, health and human rights impact are now included. The main body of an impact analysis is generally hundreds of pages long and supported by countless technical appendices. For large, oil/gas, mining and water resources projects both the volume and technical sophistication of the reports has far exceeded the processing ability of host communities. Instead of informing and empowering, the reports are abstruse and overwhelming. Reinvention is required. The development of a visual integrated impact assessment strategy that utilizes remote sensing and spatial analyses is described.
PY - 2012 SP - S125 EP - 9 T2 - Geospatial health TI - Neurological disability in leprosy: incidence and gender association in Sergipe, Brazil. UR - http://www.geospatialhealth.unina.it/articles/v6i3/gh-v6i3-16-de-oliveira.pdf VL - 6 SN - 1970-7096 ER -