This reference booklet units out to supply an invaluable word list to writers, reviewers and electorate drawn to the EIS procedure. during the last decade, environmental impression statements have devel oped a wealthy, yet occasionally complicated vocabulary. the aim of this ebook is to aid humans comprehend and speak extra effec tively through featuring, reading and evaluating terminology utilized by numerous EIS corporations. This ebook isn't really a technical word list or the normal thesaurus, yet fairly the 1st whole attempt to gather and view the interpretation of complicated technical EIS lan guage right into a vocabulary aimed without delay on the lay reader. significant elements are liable for the confusion over EIS terminology: the range vocabularies and a number of interpretations of federal rules. end result of the di versity and breadth jargons had to describe the wide variety of EIS subject material, either quantitatively and qualita tively, EIS terminology has turn into a posh amalgam of occupation al languages. the second one issue of a number of interpretations of federal rules contributes to the confusion over EIS procedur al terminology--providing a disjointed vocabulary charged with in dividual interpretation. As a ~esult of this complexity and con fusion, the necessity for a uniform or regular terminology has been endorsed through many corporations, starting from the Council on En vironmental caliber at the federal point, right down to urban making plans departments at the neighborhood point.
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