Environmental impact assessment and its application to the middle euphrates region

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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a process that requires consideration of the environment and public participation in the decision- making process of project development.

There are mainly three methods used to quantify the impact assessment, Leopold matrix, Map overlay, and Battelly impact evaluation.

The Leopold matrix was applied for the middle Euphrates region to evaluate its air and water environment that polluted by the industrial activities.

The types and no.

of industrial activities that chosen in this research are: textile factories (9), chemical industries factory (1), grain mill factories (4), bricks factories (10), cement factories (4), lime factory (1), soft drink factories (3), power station (1), rubber products factory (1), dairy products factories (7) and asphalt factories (4).