Selected papers presented and discussed at the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) conference on environmental assessment (EA) held in Washington, DC, August 19-22, 1992, and hosted by the World Bank.

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Foreword -- Editors' preface -- Contributors -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Pt. 1. Environmental assessment and development -- 1. Environmental assessment and development policymaking / Barry Sadler -- 2. Environmental assessment and sustainability at the project and program level / Raymond F. Mikesell -- Pt. 2. Case studies of environmental management in industrial and developing countries -- 3. What's the difference: a comparison of EA in industrial and developing countries / Mary MacDonald -- 4. Environmental assessment: the precess in Thailand and Canada / Nonita T. Yap -- 5. Managing tropical forest development: technology transfer in environmental assessment / Wilson Eedy and Lars Hurlen -- 6. Rapid urban environmental assessment: first step in environmental management in developing countries / Josef Leitmann -- 7. Applying proven GIS technique in a new setting: GAP analysis in Costa Rica / Basil G. Savitsky, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr., G. Wesley Burnett, Jorge Fallas, and Christopher Vaughan -- Pt. 3. Sectoral and social issues in environmental assessment -- 8. Impact assessment of dams and reservoirs: the work of the International Commission on Large Dams / Jan A. Veltrop -- 9. Public participation in environmental assessments in Africa / Cynthia C. Cook and Paula Donnelly-Roark -- 10. Flood prevention and mitigation in Bangladesh: the need for sustainable floodplain development / C. Emdad Haque -- 11. Public involvement in environmental assessment of tourism / Douglas Earl McLaren -- Pt. 4. Environmental assessment and sustainability -- 12. The sustainable supply rule for economic evaluation of natural capital depletion / Joachim von Amsberg -- 13. Operationalizing sustainable development by investing in natural capital / Herman Daly

This volume presents selected papers issues, from economic valuation theory to comparisons of EA procedures in industrial and developing countries to practical assessments of case studies. Several experts on the environment and development examined global patterns of income distribution. All of the findings emphasize that changes can be made - and must be made - to move environmental sustainability from concept to reality.