Strategic Environmental Assessment in ActionThis practical guide on how to carry out strategic environmental assessment (SEA) presents a coherent 'how to do it' approach for the practitioner. It is the first publication to take account of the requirements of the European Union Directive 2001/42/EC - known as the 'SEA Directive' - and the UNECE Protocol on SEA.Part I provides an overview of the aims, principles, advantages and problems of SEA as well as looking at the SEA Directive and its requirements. Part II examines the SEA process in considerable detail including setting the context, describing the baseline, identifying alternatives, predicting and evaluating impacts and using the SEA information in monitoring and decision-making. Part III is devoted to assuring SEA quality with a discussion of resources and capacity building.Employing real-life case studies, each chapter presents a range of techniques and discusses what the final product should look like. Appendices provide a wealth of additional information including text of the SEA Directive and the UNECE Protocol on SEA, and a 'toolkit' of SEA techniques.The approach and techniques in Strategic Environmental Assessment in Action are useful for anyone carrying out SEA at any level from policy to programme, international to local, but particularly for practitioners responsible for implementing the SEA Directive. |
Contents
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | 1 |
Introducing Strategic Environmental Assessment | 2 |
The SEA Process | 54 |
Assuring SEA Quality | 183 |
European Union Directive 200142EC | 210 |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment | 222 |
SEA Prediction and Evaluation Techniques | 239 |
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Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment John Glasson,Riki Therivel,Andrew Chadwick No preview available - 2005 |
Beyond Benefit Cost Analysis: Accounting for Non-market Values in Planning ... Donald Miller,Domenico Patassini No preview available - 2005 |