The Hawaii State Environmental Impact Statement Bibliographic Data Base Project: Final Report

Abstract

The intent of the study here reported was to design a system for facilitating the retrieval of information from EIS's on actions affecting the Hawaiian archipelago that would be useful for purposes other than approval decisions on the respective projects. The methodology employed in designing the EIS Bibliographic Data Base, and the work of actual data base preparation are discussed in part II of this report. Because the utility of the initial Data Base will decrease in the future as additional EIS's are prepared, means for updating the Data Base so as to maintain its utility are presented and evaluated in Part III, together with suggestions for its extension to cover additional types of documents. The EIS Bibliographic Data Base itself, is being published separately.