mitigation responsibility

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diff --git a/assignment2/mitigation.tex b/assignment2/mitigation.tex
index d7b27fd..5537608 100644
--- a/assignment2/mitigation.tex
+++ b/assignment2/mitigation.tex
@@ -11,9 +11,16 @@ environment are referred to as mitigation measures.  Keeping in mind
 that EIA is a tool to weigh negative and positive impacts against each
 other, mitigation may also include actions that promote or increase
 the benefitial effects of a proposed
-development \parencite{mitigation}.
+development \parencite{mitigation}. As proposed activities can cause
+adverse effects far from the project site that would not normally be
+addressed in a cost benefit analysis, mitigation is also a way by
+which the proponents are made to take responsibility for adverse
+effects and pay for measures to reduce or avoid them altogether,
+rather than externalising the costs to affected communities or the
+general public \parencite{rmit}.
+
+
 
-% TODO: more on the importance of mitigation
 reading 3.5
 - mitigation is not only reducing impacts but also:
   - avoidance
diff --git a/assignment2/references.bib b/assignment2/references.bib
index 3005263..19cfe77 100644
--- a/assignment2/references.bib
+++ b/assignment2/references.bib
@@ -121,136 +121,10 @@
   %notes={reading 3.5}
 }
 
-
-
-
-
-@article{wilkins,
-  title={The need for subjectivity in {EIA}: discourse as a tool for sustainable development},
-  pages={401--414},
-  journal={Environmental Impact Assessment Review},
-  author={Wilkins, Hugh},
-  year={2003},
-  volume={23}
-}
-
-@article{retrospect,
-  title={Environmental impact assessment: retrospect and prospect},
-  pages={287--300},
-  journal={Environmental Impact Assessment Review},
-  author={Jay, Stephen and Jones, Carys and Slinn, Paul and Wood, Christopher},
-  year={2007},
-  volume={27}
-}
-
-@article{eia-state-of-the-art,
-  title={Environmental impact assessment: the state of the art},
-  pages={5--14},
-  journal={Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal},
-  author={Morgan, Richard K.},
-  year={2012},
-  volume={30},
-  number={1}
-}
-
-@article{furuseth,
-  title={An institutional framework for sustainable resource management: the {N}ew {Z}ealand model},
-  pages={243--279},
-  journal={Natural Resources Journal},
-  author={Furuseth, Owen and Cocklin, Chris},
-  year={1995},
-  volume={35}
-}
-
-@report{principles,
-  title={Principles of {E}nvironmental {I}mpact {A}ssessment best practice},
-  author={{International Association for Impact Assessment in cooperation with Institute of Environmental Assessment}},
-  year={1999}
-}
-
-
-
-@book{miller2010implementing,
-  title={Implementing Sustainability: The {N}ew {Z}ealand Experience},
-  author={Miller, C.L.},
-  isbn={9780203835142},
-  lccn={2010024670},
-  series={RTPI Library Series},
-  year={2010},
-  publisher={Taylor \& Francis}
-}
-
-@article{practitioners,
-  title = "Practitioners, professional cultures, and perceptions of impact assessment",
-  journal = "Environmental Impact Assessment Review",
-  volume = "32",
-  number = "1",
-  pages = "11--24",
-  year = "2012",
-  issn = "0195-9255",
-  doi = "10.1016/j.eiar.2011.02.002",
-  url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195925511000308",
-  author = "Richard K. Morgan and Andrew Hart and Claire Freeman and Brian Coutts and David Colwill and Andrew Hughes",
-}
-
-@article{wood,
-  title = "Thresholds and criteria for evaluating and communicating impact significance in environmental statements: `See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil'?",
-  journal = "Environmental Impact Assessment Review",
-  volume = "28",
-  pages = "22--38",
-  year = "2008",
-  doi = "10.1016/j.eiar.2007.03.003",
-  author = "Wood, Graham",
-}
-
-@techreport{rma-survey,
-  title={{R}esource {M}anagement {A}ct: Survey of local authorities 2010/2011},
-  author={{Ministry for the Environment}},
-  publisher={Wellington: {Ministry for the Environment}},
-  number={ME 1069},
-  year={2011},
-}
-
-@techreport{rma-guide,
-  title={Your guide to the {R}esource {M}anagement {A}ct},
-  author={{Ministry for the Environment}},
-  isbn={0-478-30101-4},
-  number={ME 766},
-  year={2006},
-  publisher={Wellington: Ministry for the Environment}
-}
-
-@inbook{fookes,
-  title={Environmental assessment under the {R}esource {M}anagement {A}ct 1991},
-  booktitle={Environmental planning and management in {N}ew {Z}ealand},
-  pages={80--91},
-  author={Fookes, T.},
-  editor={Memon, P.A. and Perkins, H.C.},
-  year={2000},
-  publisher={Palmerston North, New Zealand: Dunmore Press.}
-  %notes={reading 2.4}
-}
-
-@techreport{sadler,
-  title={Environmental assessment in a changing world: evaluating practice to improve performance},
-  author={Sadler, B.},
-  type={International study of the effectiveness of environmental assessment},
-  year={1996}
-  %notes={EAE_10E.pdf}
-}
-
-@techreport{performance,
-  title={A Review of Council {RMA} Resource Consent Processing Performance: round one},
-  year={2008},
-  author={{Ministry for the Environment}},
-  url={http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/rma/review-consent-processing-performance-round-one-jan08/html/page4.html},
-  number={ME 845},
-  publisher={Wellington: Ministry for the Environment}
-}
-
-@techreport{discussion,
-  title={Improving our resource management system. A discussion document.},
-  year={2013},
-  author={{Ministry for the Environment}},
-  publisher={Wellington: Ministry for the Environment}
+@online{rmit,
+  title={Environmental impact assessment open educational resource: Mitigation and impact management},
+  url={http://eia.unu.edu/course/?page_id=117},
+  urldate={2013-05-11},
+  author={{RMIT University \& UNU Online Learning}},
+  publisher={Tokyo, Japan: United Nations University Online Learning; Melbourne Australia: RMIT University; Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Environment Programme},
 }
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