environmental assessment (EA)
Definition
Process of estimating and evaluating significant short-term and long-term effects of a program or project on the quality of its location's environment. It also includes identifying ways to minimize, mitigate, or eliminate these effects and/or compensate for their impact. An environmental impact assessment is prepared on the basis of an EA. Also called environmental evaluation.
environmental assessment (EA) is in the Decision Making, Problem Solving, & Strategy, Disaster Planning & Risk Management, Environment & Pollution Control, Planning & Scheduling and Statistics, Mathematics, & Analysis subjects.
environmental assessment (EA) appears in the definition of the following term: environmental impact assessment (EIA)
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