Integration des composantes environnementales au design des grands projets : le cas du projet Archipel

Abstract

The planning of a large project requires the determination of pertinent environment data and the subsequent integration of this information into the design of the functions and structures of the planned system. The difficulty of this task is compounded by the quasi juridical obligation to incorporate environmental impact assessments into the planning stages of the project. This paper deals with the integration of environmental concepts and knowledge in an attempt to formulate a method that internalizes useful data in the design phases of a given hydrological project. The method will be limited to the integration of useful knowledge concerning the water resource at the level of the feasibility study and will utilize, for the purpose of illustration, some of the design problems associated with the development project of the water resource of the Montreal archipelago.