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Environmental Impact Assessment Follow-Up In India: Exploring Regional Variation

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  • URMILA JHA-THAKUR

    (Department of Civic Design, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, 74 Bedford Street South, Liverpool, L69 7ZQ, UK)

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The aim of this paper is to explore regional variation in the implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment follow-up in India and to identify causes of such variations. In doing so, forty-three semi-structured interviews were carried out across the Indian mining and environment sector. The findings from the interviews confirm that regional variation in follow-up implementation is a result of social, environmental, economical and political factors. To further explore these factors, three case studies of open cast coal mining were conducted. The findings of the case studies offer insight as to how the factors identified during the interviews influence follow-up outcomes. Furthermore, it reflects how the nature of such variation is not always true to what is perceived about them. Subsequently, the findings from the interviews and case studies help in contributing to the existing best practice of EIA follow-up and developing recommendations for achieving better follow-up outcomes in India.

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  • Urmila Jha-Thakur, 2011. "Environmental Impact Assessment Follow-Up In India: Exploring Regional Variation," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(03), pages 435-458.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:13:y:2011:i:03:n:s146433321100395x
    DOI: 10.1142/S146433321100395X
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    1. Rama Mohana R. Turaga, 2016. "The Politics of Formulation of Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation in India : A Case Study," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(02), pages 1-30, June.

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