Author: Masood Ahmad Sheikh
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-94-35
Year: 1994
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1993
Examination Committee: Rene Parenteau (Chairperson); Karl E. Weber (Co-Chairperson); Ira M. Robinson, David J. King, (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA for short), is a formal study procedure to identify the potential adverse environmental impacts, of a proposed development activity. EIA, like many developing countries, is a new development in Pakistan. Until 1973, before inclusion of subject on environment in the constitution, environmental protection was being done through a variety of acts and regulations inherited by the nation before independence in 1947. The 1973 Constitutional provision resulted in promulgation of Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance (PEPO) in 1983. This Ordinance provided for establishment of Environmental Protection Agencies (EPAs) in the country. One of the central subjects of the Ordinance is the requirement of EIA for the projects that are expected to have adverse impacts on the natural resources of air, water and soil. The Ordinance could not be implemented fully due to various reasons – major being the lack of political will. An important headway however, under the provision of the Ordinance, was made by subjecting public projects to EIA by the beginning of nineties. Later, in 1993, came Pakistan Environmental Protection Act (PEPA). The new legislature, besides strengthening, also rectified some of the shortcomings and weaknesses of the 1983 Ordinance. The subject of EIA is still in infancy stage in Pakistan. EPAs are plagued with many problems. Major of these being the lack of authority and resources to carry out the business effectively. Uphill now there is no list of activities to go under EIA. Subject of public participation in environmental decision making is totally out of place. Private projects are not obliged to go under EIA. The legislative framework (PEPO 1983 and PEPA 1993) is lacking in operational definitions. The present study looks at these aspects of environmental issues by a series of case studies (Environmental Impact Statements – EISs), produced in Pakistan. Here the EIA process and the procedure has been evaluated with respect to parameters of local consultation, mit
Scholarship Donor(s): Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science
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