Asmaa Abdulkadhim Mahdi Agele
The serious problem of the modern era that threatens humans and environment is pollution. Increasing pollution has prompted countries to take several measures to confront and reduce this pollution. Environmental impact assessment is one of these measures. The administration in Iraq used this measure to preserve its environment. Despite the strength and effectiveness of this tool in reducing air pollution in some countries such as Malaysia, but it was not the same effective and powerful in Iraq. there is a shortage aspect of implementing the EIA procedure in Iraq to tackle problem of air pollution. This article aims to explain the legal analysis of environmental impact assessment concept and evaluate their effectiveness in protecting the air in Iraq. Compared with Malaysia state. This study found that this measure is effective in preserving the environment from pollution if used in an orderly and repeated throughout the work of the industrial project. This study is a qualitative study using the interview and observation tools to reach the results.
Air Pollution; Administrative Measures; Environmental Impact Assessment "EIN"