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Environmental impact assessment using a weighted global index: A methodological proposal

dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Admilson Írio [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBressane, Adriano
dc.contributor.authorFengler, Felipe Hashimoto [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorLongo, Regina Marcia
dc.contributor.authorDa Silva, Alessandra Leite
dc.contributor.authorRoveda, Jose Arnaldo F. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Marcus Vinicius
dc.contributor.authorDe Medeiros, Gerson Araujo [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionFaculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba (FACENS)
dc.contributor.institutionPontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUCC)
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-06T15:21:55Z
dc.date.available2019-10-06T15:21:55Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-01
dc.description.abstractActivities considered effectively or potentially polluting depend on an environmental impact assessment before starting their installation and operations. However, the lack of a structured logical procedure for supporting decision-making may compromise the comparative analysis of alternatives available. In this paper we present a methodological proposal based on a weighted global index (igiw) for comparative analysis in environmental impact assessments. For that, the impact global index (igi), originally developed by Bressane et al., was improved taking into account an additional weighting based on the prioritization of impacts according to their relative importance case-by-case. Then, the new index was used on two case studies. In the first one, the igiw was applied to support decisionmaking on maintenance or demolishing of the buildings in situation of irregularity. Secondly, several technologies and siting alternatives have been compared for installing a sewage treatment plant into an urban condominium. As a result, it was found that the weighted impact global index was able to critically and comprehensively evaluate the alternatives available for both cases under study. In conclusion the igiw may be considered a promising approach as a method for supporting decisionmaking in environmental impact assessments.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.description.affiliationFaculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba (FACENS)
dc.description.affiliationPontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUCC)
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.format.extent13-24
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2495/EID180021
dc.identifier.citationWIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, v. 215, p. 13-24.
dc.identifier.doi10.2495/EID180021
dc.identifier.issn1743-3541
dc.identifier.issn1746-448X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85055187210
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/186984
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofWIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectEnvironmental assessment
dc.subjectGlobal index
dc.subjectProject alternatives
dc.titleEnvironmental impact assessment using a weighted global index: A methodological proposalen
dc.typeArtigo
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