Geography & Environmental Studies Resource Guide
EIA South Australia--Some Key Documents
Changing role of environmental impact assessment under the South Australian Development Act 1994 to 2005 (2006) [print]
Environmental impact statements for major projects in South Australia from 1982 to 1994 (1995) [print]
[These two publications provide an overview of EIA in South Australia from 1982 to 2005]
Environmental impact assessment : procedures, practice and prospects in Australia (1998) [print]
[Provides a guide to environmental assessment procedures in Australia]
Environmental impact statement study areas data set [web access]
[Provides a description of environmental impact statements prepared in South Australia from 1974 to 1996]
Role of the environment impact statements under the South Australian Planning Act from 1982-1993 (1993) [web access]
[This thesis examines the role of the EIS as a major element of Envionmental Impact Assessment in South Australia. Also available in print format]
Strategic environmental assessment in Australasia (2002) [print]
[Information about the state of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in Australia and New Zealand]
EIA South Australia--Legislation & Agreements
S.A. Department for Environment & Heritage : Legislation [web access]
[Provides links to a number of S.A. Acts and Regulations administered by the Dept of Environment & Heritage]
Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act [web access]
[This Commonwealth Act provides that actions that are likely to have a significant impact on matters of national environmental significance (NES) are subject to a rigorous assessment and approval process. Details of the Act & these processes are provided by this Web site]
AustLII [web access]
[Provides full text access to Australian legislation (Commonwealth, State & Territories)
EIA South Australia--Key Organisations
Planning SA
[Planning SA is the State Government's advisory agency on land use planning, development policy and strategy, the building code, and urban design and open space policy]
S.A. Dept for Environment & Heritage : Environment Protection Authority
[South Australia's primary environmental regulator, responsible for the protection of air and water quality, and the control of pollution, waste, noise and radiation]
EIA South Australia--Library Catalogue & Databases
Use the library catalogue to search for books/reports. The following keyword searches may be useful starting points:
Environmental impact analysis South Australia
Environmental impact statements South Australia
Environmental law South Australia
Environmental policy South Australia
Environmental protection South Australia
Environmental risk assessment South Australia
Keep in mind that The State Library of South Australia as well as Local libraries are alternative sources of information for EIA publications relating to South Australia
Use databases to find journal articles. Choose an appropriate database from the Geography/Environmental Studies databases list (see especially the databases for Australian topics)
To find newspaper articles search Factiva. It includes full-text access to The Advertiser and The Australian
EIA--Web Resources
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
[A federal body accountable to the Canadian Minister of the Environment]
EPA
[The United States Environmental Assessment Agency. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to integrate environmental values into their decision making processes]
EPBC Act
[The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act) is the Australian Government's central piece of environmental legislation]
IAIA
[The International Association for Impact Assessment brings together researchers, practitioners, and users of various types of impact assessment from all parts of the world. IAIA involves people from many disciplines and professions]
Oxford Brookes University
[The Impacts Assessment Unit provides a number links to web sites which have an EIA related theme]
Last update: 6th May Helen Attar
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