Environmental Impact Assessment of the Industrial Estate Development Plan with the Geographical Information System and Matrix Methods

Table 1

Matrix for EIA of the industrial estate.

	Environmental factors
Project Activities		Soil and Earth	Ground water quantity and quality	Flood	Air quality	Noise	Plant and animal species	Occupation	Housing, education, and welfare	Emigration	Health and safety	Total Factor Impact
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Excavation and embankment	1	−2(2)	0	1(2)	−1(2)	−1(1)	−2(1)	1(3)	0	0	0	−2
Construction of water distribution network	2	−1(1)	−2(1)	0	−1(2)	−1(1)	−2(1)	1(3)	1(2)	0	−1(1)	−4
Construction of storm water and industrial sewer	3	−1(1)	−1(1)	2(3)	−1(2)	−1(1)	−2(1)	1(3)	1(2)	0	−1(1)	3
Construction of industrial wastewater treatment plant	4	−1(3)	0	0	−1(2)	−1(1)	−2(1)	1(3)	1(2)	0	−1(1)	−4
Transportation of workers	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(5)	0	0	0	5
Construction of industrial units	6	−1(1)	0	0	0	−1(1)	−2(1)	1(3)	1(2)	0	−1(1)	0
Industrial Solid waste disposal	7	−2(2)	−3(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	−1(1)	−11
Required water (Industrial use)	8	0	−2(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	−6
Operation of wastewater treatment plant	9	1(1)	−1(2)	0	−2(1)	0	0	0	−1(1)	0	2(3)	0
Discharge of Industrial effluent	10	−2(1)	−3(2)	0	0	0	2(4)	0	0	0	0	0
Industrial units operation	11	−2(3)	0	0	−3(1)	−2(1)	−1(1)	5(5)	5(5)	4(5)	−2(1)	56
Total action impact	12	−21	−23	8	−13	−7	−3	45	32	20	−1	37

A negative sign (−) in the front of the magnitude number shows that the impact is adverse (Table 2).