A Computer System to Support the Studies of Environmental Impact

Abstract

It  is  a  system  developed  by  free  software  tools  to  support  the  implementation  of  environmental  impact  studies conducted by the National Company for Applied Research Cuba. It facilitates the collection and analysis of data from differ-ent alternatives of a project based on the identification, evaluation and correction of potential environmental impacts. The implementation of the system is supported on the methodology of EIA, Conesa and Resolution 132/2009 "Regulations Pro-cess  Environmental  Impact  Assessment"  of  the  Ministry  of  Science,  Technology  and  Environment  of  Cuba.  It  offers  the possibility to evaluate the alternatives of a project, taking into account several criteria decision and the preferences of the decision maker, by multi PRES II method; one of the criteria used and of great impact was the Cost-Benefit Analysis provid-ing an economic assessment of the project. The results obtained are through reporting, where the elements of each alterna-tive  and  the  assessment  of  the  project  based  on  the  indicators  obtained  during  the  study  are  detailed;  with  the  purpose  of supporting environmental decisions regarding the implementation of the project.