Valuation of residual impacts of roads on landscape ecological units in Navarre, Spain
Road construction generally reduces the ecological value of the environment. To recover it, the value of the residual ecological impacts should be counterbalanced by compensation measures within the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure. Ecological valuation and impact valuation
are central to EIA performance. As long as residual impacts are valued, the rationale behind specific compensation proposals may be strengthened. This paper proposes a simple, transparent and adaptable approach to ecological and impact valuation. It aims at improving the perception, compilation
and valuation of certain residual ecological impacts, as a means to encourage compensation practice within EIA.
Keywords: ecological compensation; ecological valuation; environmental impact assessment (EIA); impact valuation; landscape units; residual impacts
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Department of Zoology and Ecology, Science Faculty, University of Navarra, c/Irunlarrea 1 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Publication date: 01 April 2012
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