Explainer: What’s an Environmental Impact Statement?
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Title
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Explainer: What’s an Environmental Impact Statement?
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Description
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The Urbanist article defining an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and how it is used as a decision-making tool. The article explains concepts like alternatives, elements, criteria, scoping, public outreach. It also provides advice on how to read an EIS for content and comment.
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Abstract
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An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) sounds like a highly technical and complex mechanism of governance. They take years, spiral into hundreds of pages with massive appendices, and get fought over in court. The truth is that EIS are a simple concept with plenty of spots that you can influence the shape of the city in the future.
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Publisher
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The Urbanist
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Date
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January 21, 2022
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Language
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en-US
