Week 8 - AEE Summary: Detailed Steps

1. AEE Summary

1.2. Detailed Steps

The first step in the creation of an AEE is the proposal description as described below.

1. A description of your proposed activity should include the following:

Location
Extent
Scale
Construction elements
Physical changes to the build and natural environment.

This section should be followed by:

2. An assessment of the actual and potential effects on the environment of your activity.

positive or negative
temporary or permanent
past, present or future
cumulative (occur over time or in combination - with other effects)
of high probability
of low probability but high impact.

This section may include:

A landscape assessment, a social Impact assessment, CPTED assessment and a number of water and soil quality assessment tools such as Macroinvertebrate Coomunity Index (MCI) or compliance with the ANSECC guidelines for sediment quality.

3. Where the above effects are likely to be significant, a description of available alternatives.

Locations
Scale
Method