Research Article
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 | 0 | 1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | Construction of water distribution network | 2 | −1 | −2 | 0 | −1 | −1 | −2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | −1 | −4 | Construction of storm water and industrial sewer | 3 | −1 | −1 | 2 | −1 | −1 | −2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | −1 | 3 | Construction of industrial wastewater treatment plant | 4 | −1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1 | −2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | −1 | −4 | Transportation of workers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Construction of industrial units | 6 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | −1 | 0 | Industrial Solid waste disposal | 7 | −2 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −11 | Required water (Industrial use) | 8 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | Operation of wastewater treatment plant | 9 | 1 | −1 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Discharge of Industrial effluent | 10 | −2 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Industrial units operation | 11 | −2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2 | −1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | −2 | 56 |
| Total action impact | 12 | −21 | −23 | 8 | −13 | −7 | −3 | 45 | 32 | 20 | −1 | 37 |
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A negative sign (−) in the front of the magnitude number shows that the impact is adverse (Table 2).
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