Question

A short-term environmental impact assessment (EIA) has a time period of:

(a) 2-5 years

(b) 10-15 years

(c) 5-10 years

(d) 5-7 years

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This interesting question is from Impact Assessment in chapter Other Major Topics in Civil Engineering of Basic Civil Engineering

Answer 1

Correct answer is (c) 5-10 years

The best I can explain: EIA can be classified as short term and long term. 5-10 years time period denotes short term and above 50 years is long term.