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The theory and practice of environmental impact assessment developed from the appreciation that development projects can have negative impacts – externalities which harm the environment. This led to the enactment of the US National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

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Environmental impact design is concerned with modifications to the design of development projects to achieve positive impacts – externalities which benefit the environment and raise the stock of public goods. Examples of positive impacts include:

  • Habitat creation as a result of afforestation projects
  • Coastal management projects which contribute to ecological and recreational objectives
  • flood defense projects which create greenways
  • public open space projects which contribute to surface water management objectives
  • bridge designs which enhance the landscape and contribute to non-transportation objectives

    • Architecture planning the collective landscape and environmental impact design


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