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It is an area and branch of environmental science that is based on the design, implementation, and management of processes, products and technology services for the prevention, control and remedy problems of environmental degradation; for the development of sustainable use of natural resources in production processes and consumption, always giving priority to the excellent quality of life in our environment.
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It is mapping the impact matrixed obtained. a superposition of the same is performed and listed undesirable impacts.
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Any change in the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from the environmental aspects of an organization; Environmental aspect understood as the element of the activities, products or services that can interact with the environment.
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It is a comprehensive financial results, economic and social analysis of an investment (given a technological option - pre-feasibility study)
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It is the science that studies the origin and formation of groundwater, forms of deposit, diffusion, movement, speed and reserves, their interaction with soils and rocks, its state (liquid, solid and gaseous) and properties (physical , chemical, biological and radioactive); and the conditions that determine the measures of their use, regulation and evacuation.
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set of physical, chemical, biological, people or society as a whole components.
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It is the science that studies the population, both in quantitative and the qualitative
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They are a very simple identification method, which is used to preliminary evaluations. They serve primarily to draw attention to the most important impacts that may occur as a result of the project.
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It is the gaseous envelope, about 2,000 km thick, surrounding the earth. The most important layer is the troposphere because it contains the air we breathe and it weather phenomena affecting climate occur.
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It is the whole environment, watching it as an indicator and synthesis of the interrelationships between the inert elements (rocks, water and air) and living organisms (plants, animals and man), the medium.
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It is the probability that a phenomenon arises, exceeding a certain magnitude, at a specific location and within a defined time period.
