While previous chapters in this book explored the many challenges posed by cumulative
impacts relative to the environment, communities, and human health and well-being, our …

The decisions we make today have implications that reach long into the future. This is
especially the case for resource development projects. For example, decisions to harvest …

Impact assessment has a long history and track record with respect to environmental issues.
The assessment of impacts of natural resource development on environmental systems is …

Cumulative change to the environment is not a new concept. From governments to
concerned citizens, there is a broad appreciation of the singular and cumulative impacts of …

The degradation, conversion, or loss of ecosystem functions is a ubiquitous outcome of
human activities and socioeconomic development. Although mechanisms and pathways of …

Ours is not the first call to reform or rethink the way that we conceptualise and address
cumulative impacts. Indeed, this subject has received much attention from both scholars and …

Abstract" Recognizing that each additional disturbance in a region can represent a high
marginal cost to the environment, there is an increasing awareness of the need to better …

Setting social, economic, and ecological objectives is ultimately a process of social choice
informed by science. In this special feature we provide a multidisciplinary framework for the …

Historically, the thrust of environmental impact assessment (EIA) was on the prediction of
changes in the natural and socioeconomic environments of single development activities …

The assessment and management of cumulative effects have gained considerable attention
from scholars, practitioners, regulators, and communities affected by resource development …