RESUMEN

The environmental impact assessment process is over 40 years old and has dramatically expanded. Topics, such as social, health and human rights impact are now included. The main body of an impact analysis is generally hundreds of pages long and supported by countless technical appendices. For large, oil/gas, mining and water resources projects both the volume and technical sophistication of the reports has far exceeded the processing ability of host communities. Instead of informing and empowering, the reports are abstruse and overwhelming. Reinvention is required. The development of a visual integrated impact assessment strategy that utilizes remote sensing and spatial analyses is described.

Asunto(s)

Lepra/epidemiología , Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso/epidemiología , Brasil/epidemiología , Brotes de Enfermedades , Femenino , Sistemas de Información Geográfica , Mapeo Geográfico , Geografía , Humanos , Incidencia , Lepra/complicaciones , Lepra/transmisión , Masculino , Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso/etiología , Salud Pública , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Riesgo , Factores Sexuales , Estadística como Asunto