Handbook on strategic environmental assessment / Thomas B. Fischer, Ainhoa González, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fischer, Thomas B., editor.

González, Ainhoa, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Research handbooks on impact assessment series.

Research Handbooks on Impact Assessment Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental impact analysis.

Environmental policy.

Strategic planning--Environmental aspects.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

"This comprehensive Handbook shows how Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), an important decision support tool for strategies, policies, plans and programmes, is applied globally. It reflects on SEA practices and the advancements made over the past three decades in the development of SEA. Forty-six expert international contributors discuss the conceptual approaches and applications of SEA in 31 countries, examining numerous sectors, including land-use, transport, energy and water. They also explore how SEA is applied at trans-national, national, regional and local levels, and at a range of decision tiers, including in strategy and policy, as well as in plans and programmes. Analysing how different situations of application are systematically approached, chapters provide a critical insight into the objectives of SEA and the range of methodologies that are available. Taking a forward-thinking approach, the Handbook also identifies key trends and prospects for SEA in addition to addressing issues of SEA effectiveness and theory development. This Handbook will be a valuable resource for academics and students of environmental governance and regulation. It will also be beneficial for impact assessment practitioners, environmental NGOs and policy makers in the fields of environment and sustainability"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword / by Rob Verheem

Preface

PART I INTRODUCTION

1 Introduction to Handbook on Strategic Environmental Assessment / Thomas B. Fischer and Ainhoa González

PART II APPROACHES TO STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

2 Multi-project-based strategic environmental assessment: practice in Germany / Anke Rehhausen, Marie Hanusch and Thomas B. Fischer

3 Objectives for , of

and in

strategic environmental assessment: UK practice as an example / Samuel J. Hayes and Thomas B. Fischer

4 Strategic thinking for sustainability (ST4S) in strategic environmental assessment / Maria R. Partidário

5 Territorial impact assessment: a policy assessment-like strategic environmental assessment in action / Naja Marot, Thomas B. Fischer, Olivier Sykes, Mojca Golobič, Tara Muthoora and Ainhoa González

6 GIS-based strategic environmental assessment / Ainhoa González and Davide Geneletti

PART III ISSUES OF EFFECTIVENESS

7 Strategic environmental assessment effectiveness / Riki Thérivel and Ainhoa González

8 Does strategic environmental assessment lead to more environmentally sustainable decisions? Reflections on its substantive effectiveness / Thomas B. Fischer and Francois P. Retief

9 Guidelines for strategic environmental assessment in developing countries: examples from Asia / David Annandale, Thomas B. Fischer, Marcelo Montaño, Caroline Purcell, Jonathan Coles and Thiri Aung

PART IV PRACTICE SECTION 1 SECTORAL APPLICATIONS

10 Strategic environmental assessment of spatial land-use plans / Ainhoa González

11 Strategic environmental assessment in transport planning / Charlotta Faith-Ell and Thomas B. Fischer

12 Strategic environmental assessment in the energy sector / Gesa Geißler, Marie Dahmen and Johann Köppel

13 Strategic environmental assessment in the water sector / Stephen Eric Mustow

SECTION 2 INTEGRATION THROUGH STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

14 Integration through strategic environmental assessment: the case of health in English strategic planning / Thomas B. Fischer, Tara Muthoora and Nicola Sworowski

15 Integrating appropriate assessment and strategic environmental assessment / Paul Scott

16 Integration of climatic factors into strategic environmental assessment / Cian O'Mahony

17 Ecosystem services in strategic environmental assessment: an integrating concept in a world of silos / Roel Slootweg

SECTION 3 COUNTRY-SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OF STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

18 Strategic environmental assessment in Australia / Tanya Burdett and Carolyn Cameron

19 Strategic environmental assessment in Canada / Bram F. Noble

20 Towards advancing strategic environmental assessment practice: learning from experiences of eight European countries / Sara Khoshkar, Kedar Uttam, Berit Balfors, Christina Hörnberg and Thomas B. Fischer

21 Strategic environmental assessment in New Zealand / Richard Morgan and Nick Taylor

22 Strategic environmental assessment in South Africa: 'The Road Not Taken' / Francois P. Retief, Carli Steenkamp and Reece C. Alberts

23 Strategic environmental assessment in Brazil: an endangered species? / Marcelo Montaño, Ghislain Mwamba Tshibangu and Anne Caroline Malvestio

24 Strategic environmental assessment in Chile: an unfulfilled strategic promise / Rodrigo Jiliberto H

25 Strategic environmental assessment in India: trends and prospects / Urmila Jha-Thakur and Asha Rajvanshi

26 Addressing the spectrum of strategic environmental assessment potential: evolving practice in Thailand and its effectiveness / Chaunjit Chanchitpricha, Kanokporn Swangjang and Angus Morrison-Saunders

PART V CONCLUSIONS

27 Conclusions: towards a theory of strategic environmental assessment? / Thomas B. Fischer and Ainhoa González

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789909937

1789909937

OCLC:

1244040654