Quick Guide: Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment in Disaster

This document is a quick guide to doing a rapid environmental impact assessment (REA) in a disaster. It is based on the Guidelines for Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment in Disasters. It focuses specifically on the steps and forms necessary to complete a REA. And does not include the background information, guidance and references contained in the Guidelines. The following main issues are discussed:

- Organization level assessment
- Community level assessment
- Consolidation and analysis of assessment results
- Green review of relief procurement.

Developed as part of a collaborative effort of CARE International and Benfield Hazard Research Centre, University College London, the document is particularly useful for people directly involved in disaster response operations with a basic knowledge of the disaster management process.