Methodologies for assessment of environmental impact - applications and limitations

• Autor(a) principal: Pimentel, G.
• Data de Publicação: 1992
• Outros Autores: Pires, S. H.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração Pública
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/8812
• topic: evaluation; environmental impact; methodologies.; Evaluación; impacto ambiental; metodologías.; Avaliação; impacto ambiental; metodologias.

The article starts by a brief presentation of concepts surrounding the assessment of an environmental impact, as well as the methods more frequently used and mentioned in the literature. A distinction between methodology, methods and techniques is also presented, followed by a concise examination of the pros and cons of the different methods and techniques, stressing the limits which prevail in their application. Based on a consideration of said aspects and also taking into account some Brazilian and foreign studies, an appraisal is centered in the way which occurs the usage of such methods in the assessment of the environmental impact, in the area of enterprises of the electric sector. There is also mention of some works developed by the sector and which represent a methodological progress, being valid, at the same time, as subsidies for future studies.