| dc.description.abstract | ‘Environmental Impact Assessment’ is a structured programme for evaluating and
inspecting environmental factors, in order to support and aid the decision-making
or the planning stage of a development process. Basically, this information is used
to observe the change caused to the environment due to the development process
and advice the most effective and reasonable methods to reduce the impact to the
environment. Considering the last decade, Sri Lanka has been positive towards
development and towards the construction industry. Nevertheless, there are
numerous environmental concerns that should be addressed due to these
developments. EIA procedure emphasises the possible environmental impacts and
methods to reduce these impacts. This study elaborates on the challenges allied to
the effectiveness of the environmental impact Aassessment in the construction
industry of Sri Lanka. The impacts of five main challenges are discussed in this study
and also the study will provide an insight into the current EIA procedure
implemented in Sri Lanka. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches are used to
collect data, and these collected data were presented using both numerical formats
by regression analysis and descriptive formats by content analysis. The findings in
the study reveal that the challenges discussed in this study have a significant impact
on the effectiveness of the EIA procedure. The paper concludes with
recommendations or strategies to overcome these challenges. | en_US |
