Cumulative Impacts for Permits and Real-World Decision-Making
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2022) | Viewed by 302
Special Issue Editors
Interests: health impact assessment; cumulative impacts; environmental justice; translational science
Interests: environmental justice policies; climate justice and renewable energy policies; land use and zoning tools for environmental justice; zero waste systems; cumulative impacts, and mitigation strategies; community engaged scholarship
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Real-world environmental decisions, such as permitting the construction of industrial facilities, inevitably impact more than air, water, and soil quality. Cumulative impacts represent the full range of health determinants impacted by a decision, including social indicators such as equity, poverty, and racism; living and working conditions such as jobs, noise, and access to food and healthcare; behavioral indicators such as nutrition and exercise; infrastructure, such as green space and transportation; and other factors that influence public health and wellbeing. Which impacts to consider and how to account for them is an ongoing challenge in real-world decision-making. In addition to impacts resulting from the program, policy, or decision itself, there exists a baseline of cumulative impacts within the affected communities because of current and historical stressors, reflecting community resiliency and the ability to withstand additional stressors. Impacts can also be positive, such as job creation, economic stimulation, community reinvestment, or pollution retrofits.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to support research and development on incorporating cumulative impacts into real-world decision-making, especially, but not exclusively, with respect to permits. Cumulative impacts represent a broad range of stressors and benefits. Real-world decisions such as permits help to set boundaries for what should be considered and how they should be weighted within the decision-making process. While baseline conditions in the community affect resiliency, this Special Issue is not seeking broad cumulative impact scoring techniques or non-targeted analyses; rather, the focus is on how cumulative impacts affect decision-making, so priority will be given to papers with that focus.
Dr. Timothy Barzyk
Dr. Ana Baptista
Dr. Charles Lee
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cumulative impacts
- health impact assessment
- permitting
- decision-making
- community resiliency
- environmental justice
