Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: PRACTICE AND PARTICIPATION -- A brief introduction to environmental impact assessment / Kevin S. Hanna -- Progress and uncertainty: the evolution of federal environmental assessment in Canada / Robert B. Gibson, Kevin S. Hanna -- The science of assessment: identifying and predicting environmental impacts / Douglas Baker, Eric Rapaport -- Public participation in Canadian environmental assessment: enduring challenges and future directions / A. John Sinclair, Alan Diduck -- The hearing process in environmental impact assessment: as concept and as practised in Ontario / Len Gertler -- Strategic environmental assessment / Bram F. Noble -- Social impact assessment and high-level radioactive waste disposal: the Canadian concept and aboriginal responses / Ron Pushchak, Ann Marie Farrugia-Uhalde -- The Cheviot Mine Project: cumulative effects assessment lessons for professional practice / Roger Creasey, William A. Ross -- Multi-jurisdictional environmental assessment / Patricia Fitzpatrick, A. John Sinclair -- Environmental impact assessment in Canada's Northwest territories: integration, collaboration, and the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act / Derek R. Armitage -- Environmental assessment and land claims, devolution, and co-management: examples of evolving challenges and opportunities in Yukon / D. Scott Slocombe ... [et al.] -- PART II. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN CANADIAN JURISDICTIONS -- The Canadian Federal EIA system / R. Jamie Herring -- British Colombia's environmental assessment act / Sonya Graci, Joanne McKenna -- Alberta's impact assessment system / Roger Creasey, Kevin Hanna -- Environmental impact assessment in Saskatchewan / Marie Ann Bowden, Bert Weichel -- Environmental assessment: Manitoba approaches / Kenton Lobe -- The Ontario environmental assessment act / Sonya Graci -- Environmental assessment in Quebec / Darren R. Bardati -- Atlantic Canada: a story of EIA adaptation / Hendricus Van Wilgenburg.