Strategic environmental assessment for policies : an instrument for good governance / Kulsum Ahmed and Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, editors.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Ahmed, Kulsum, 1964-

Sánchez Triana, Ernesto.

Series:

Environment and development (Washington, D.C.)

Environment and development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Environmental impact analysis.

Sustainable development.

Strategic planning--Environmental aspects.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

xiv, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : World Bank, [2008]

Summary:

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is the key tool for integrating environmental considerations into policies, programs and plans. This book focuses on SEA applied to policies. From past experiences using SEA on policies, it draws lessons on the strengths and weaknesses of current SEA methodology. It proposes a new conceptual framework for conducting SEA of policies that couldinfluence decisionmakers to integrate environmental sustainability into policy formulation and implementation.

Contents:

SEA and policy formulation / Kulsum Ahmed and Ernesto Sánchez-Triana

Policy-level strategic environmental assessments: process integration and incentives of policy proponents / Leonard Ortolano

The continuous process of policy formation / Martha S. Feldman and Anne M. Khademian

Toward environmental priority setting in development / Richard D. Morgenstern

Giving the most vulnerable a voice / Caroline Kende-Robb and Warren A. Van Wicklin III

Building and reinforcing social accountability for improved environmental governance / Harry Blair

Learning in environmental policy making and implementation / Alnoor Ebrahim

Using strategic environmental assessments to design and implement public policy / Kulsum Ahmed and Ernesto Sánchez-Triana.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This edited book derives from the background papers originally prepared as the basis for a World Bank study published in 2005, titled Integrating Environmental Considerations in Policy Formulation: Lessons from Policy-Based SEA Experience (Report No. 32783)."

ISBN:

9780821367629

0821367625

9780821367636

0821367633

OCLC:

191024008