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| author | rekado <rekado@elephly.net> | 2013-05-04 07:45:32 +0800 |
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| committer | rekado <rekado@elephly.net> | 2013-05-04 07:45:32 +0800 |
| commit | 0adeb88578b59a360a2c87e585f5b4e5ec9c59de (patch) | |
| tree | 6de372a4eeb09d50d993d807a686d949ab3facbe /assignment2 | |
| parent | 93451c70f6882c2fcc5b83b9aecd598c7e5db685 (diff) | |
a little on significance
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| -rw-r--r-- | assignment2/significance.tex | 15 |
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diff --git a/assignment2/references.bib b/assignment2/references.bib index 6d98485..8f299dd 100644 --- a/assignment2/references.bib +++ b/assignment2/references.bib @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -@article{cullen, +@article{cullen, title={{N}ew {Z}ealand freshwater management and agricultural impacts}, pages={327--346}, journal={The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics}, @@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ year = {2010} } +@article{lawrence, + title={Impact significance determination -- Back to basics}, + pages={755--769}, + journal={Environmental Impact Assessment Review}, + author={Lawrence, David P.}, + year={2007}, + volume={27} +} + + @article{wilkins, diff --git a/assignment2/significance.tex b/assignment2/significance.tex index 38365cf..9a90bde 100644 --- a/assignment2/significance.tex +++ b/assignment2/significance.tex @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ % 1070 words % Explain how you would identify the significant effects. Discuss -% any difficulties in determining the significance of effects in EIA
\ No newline at end of file +% any difficulties in determining the significance of effects in EIA + +\textcite{lawrence} + +- Significance needs to be determined because: EIA is an open-ended +process and hence some arbitrary limits have to be imposed on the +level of detail, what time period is to be considered, how many +interactions are to be followed, for any of the expected impacts. + +- To set these limits, value-laden judgments must be made + +- As the determination of significance is inherently subjective, it +should not be an activity performed only by experts and under the +aim/appearance/restriction of objectivity.
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