Methods for addressing climate change uncertainties in project environmental impact assessments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21153601 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip H Byer (University of Toronto), Julian Scott Yeomans (0000-0001-7361-4060, York University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 85-99 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-5517 • E-ISSN: 1471-5465 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3152/146155107x205841 |
| OpenAlex | W1980728239 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 7 |
Climate change has important implications for assessing impacts of many types of project. If climate change is to be included in environmental assessments, then proponents must be able to incorporate its impacts and inherent uncertainties effectively into their analysis; many proponents do not possess sufficient grounding in how to accomplish this task successfully. In this paper, three basic analytical approaches to uncertainty analysis — scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and probabilistic analysis — are presented that proponents could use for integrating climate change induced impacts and their uncertainties into their environmental assessments, together with a framework for judging the circumstances that determine which method would be applicable. The use of these three approaches is illustrated on the environmental impacts of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric project
Business · Climate change · Environmental impact assessment · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Hydroelectricity · Political science · Probabilistic logic · Systems engineering · Uncertainty analysis · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Environmental Science · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Water resources management and optimization
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |