Method for planning, communicating and evaluating projects that impact the environment

摘要

A method for electronically planning, evaluating, representing and communicating environmental information about site characteristics and the impact of proposed activities (including visualization, modeling and decision support modules) in a manner that supports the shared public and private evaluation of project alternatives for improved environmental management decisions is provided in an embodiment of the present invention. In an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing an electronic environmental project document comprises the steps of receiving project information regarding an environmental project and providing a document preparation guide in response to the project information. Information requested in the document preparation guide is received and an electronic environmental project document including the information is published. In an embodiment of the present invention, the steps are performed by software stored in processor readable memory of a processing device coupled to the Internet. In an embodiment of the present invention, the providing step includes providing a first electronic form having an environmental data entry field and label in response to the project information. In an embodiment of the present invention, an environmental impact is forecast in response to the environmental information. In a further embodiment, project impacts are presented graphically (forecasting and backcasting) through the use of graphs, tables, icons, photos, video and animation.