Transboundary environmental impact assessment in the European Union : the Espoo Convention and its Kiev Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment / edited by Simon Marsden and Timo Koivurova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marsden, Simon.

Koivurova, Timo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental impact analysis--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Environmental impact analysis.

Transboundary pollution--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Transboundary pollution.

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (1991 February 25).

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context.

Transboundary pollution--Law and legislation.

Environmental impact analysis--Law and legislation.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Earthscan, 2011.

Summary:

Espoo is a Finnish city where the Convention on Environmental impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context was adopted and signed in 1991. Since then, as stated in the foreword, "The Convention has been applied over 700 times to date, to activities planning in one Party likely to have an impact on the environment of another Party, and the vast majority of those cases have involved at least one EU member state, or a neighbouring state that has adopted EU environmental legislation." This book is intended for a wide audience of developers, researchers, and government officials seeking information about how the Convention works in practice and has been integrated into legal systems. Marsden (Flinders Law School in Adelaide, Australia) and Koivurova (Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, U. of Lapland, Finland) are joined by contributors based internationally, with expertise in environmental planning, international policy, and energy use. Earthscan is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Introduction / Simon Marsden Marsden, Simon, Timo Koivurova Koivurova, Timo 1

Part I International and European Law

2 Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in International Law / Timo Koivurova Koivurova, Timo 15

3 Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in European Law / Simon Marsden Marsden, Simon 39

Part II The Relationship between International and European Law

4 The Case of Vuotos: Interplay Between International, Community and National Environmental Law / Timo Koivurova Koivurova, Timo 59

5 MOX Plant and the Espoo Convention: Can Member State Disputes Concerning Mixed Environmental Agreements Be Resolved outside EC Law? / Simon Marsden Marsden, Simon 85

6 Enforcing Non-discrimination in Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment: Advantages for EU Citizens from the Transposition of the Espoo and Aarhus Conventions? / Simon Marsden Marsden, Simon 117

Part III Convention Law and Practice

7 Transboundary EIA: Iberian Experiences / Rita Albergaria Albergaria, Rita, Teresa Fidelis Fidelis, Teresa 141

8 Transboundary Environmental Assessment in the Arctic / Timo Koivurova Koivurova, Timo 165

9 Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in the Case of the Baltic Sea Gas Pipeline / Timo Koivurova Koivurova, Timo, Ismo Põlõnen Põlõnen, Ismo 185

Part IV Protocol Law and Potential

10 Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability in Europe: How Bright Is the Future? / Simon Marsden Marsden, Simon, Jan De Mulder Mulder, Jan De 217

11 The SEA Directive and SEA Protocol Adopted to Spatial Planning: Similarities and Differences / Gemot Stoeglehner Stoeglehner, Gemot, Gerald Wegerer Wegerer, Gerald 243

12 The Institutional Context for Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in Belgium: Multi-level Setting - A Matter of Smooth Governance? / Jan De Mulder Mulder, Jan De 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849713481

1849713480

OCLC:

689858506