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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.

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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.

Author Biography

Edited by Thomas B. Fischer, Environmental Assessment and Management Research Centre, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK and Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North West University, South Africa and Ainhoa González, School of Geography, University College Dublin and the Earth Institute, Ireland

Table of Contents

Contents:Foreword by Rob Verheem xixPreface xxiPART I INTRODUCTION1 Introduction to Handbook on Strategic Environmental Assessment 2Thomas B. Fischer and Ainhoa GonzálezPART II APPROACHES TO STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT2 Multi-project-based strategic environmental assessment: practice in Germany 11Anke Rehhausen, Marie Hanusch and Thomas B. Fischer3 Objectives for , of and in strategic environmental assessment: UKpractice as an example 24Samuel J. Hayes and Thomas B. Fischer4 Strategic thinking for sustainability (ST4S) in strategic environmental assessment 39Maria R. Partidário5 Territorial impact assessment: a policy assessment-like strategicenvironmental assessment in action 56Naja Marot, Thomas B. Fischer, Olivier Sykes, Mojca Golobi,Tara Muthoora and Ainhoa González6 GIS-based strategic environmental assessment 78Ainhoa González and Davide GenelettiPART III ISSUES OF EFFECTIVENESS7 Strategic environmental assessment effectiveness 98Riki Thérivel and Ainhoa González8 Does strategic environmental assessment lead to more environmentallysustainable decisions? Reflections on its substantive effectiveness 112Thomas B. Fischer and Francois P. Retief9 Guidelines for strategic environmental assessment in developingcountries: examples from Asia 124David Annandale, Thomas B. Fischer, Marcelo Montaño, Caroline Purcell,Jonathan Coles and Thiri AungPART IV PRACTICESECTION 1 SECTORAL APPLICATIONS10 Strategic environmental assessment of spatial land-use plans 140Ainhoa González11 Strategic environmental assessment in transport planning 162Charlotta Faith-Ell and Thomas B. Fischer12 Strategic environmental assessment in the energy sector 180Gesa Geißler, Marie Dahmen and Johann Köppel13 Strategic environmental assessment in the water sector 201Stephen Eric MustowSECTION 2 INTEGRATION THROUGH STRATEGICENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT14 Integration through strategic environmental assessment: the case ofhealth in English strategic planning 218Thomas B. Fischer, Tara Muthoora and Nicola Sworowski15 Integrating appropriate assessment and strategic environmental assessment 233Paul Scott16 Integration of climatic factors into strategic environmental assessment 246Cian O'Mahony17 Ecosystem services in strategic environmental assessment: anintegrating concept in a world of silos 264Roel SlootwegSECTION 3 COUNTRY-SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OF STRATEGICENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT18 Strategic environmental assessment in Australia 282Tanya Burdett and Carolyn Cameron19 Strategic environmental assessment in Canada 303Bram F. Noble20 Towards advancing strategic environmental assessment practice:learning from experiences of eight European countries 317Sara Khoshkar, Kedar Uttam, Berit Balfors, Christina Hörnberg andThomas B. Fischer21 Strategic environmental assessment in New Zealand 330Richard Morgan and Nick Taylor22 Strategic environmental assessment in South Africa: 'The Road Not Taken' 347Francois P. Retief, Carli Steenkamp and Reece C. Alberts23 Strategic environmental assessment in Brazil: an endangered species? 361Marcelo Montaño, Ghislain Mwamba Tshibangu and Anne Caroline Malvestio24 Strategic environmental assessment in Chile: an unfulfilled strategic promise 372Rodrigo Jiliberto H25 Strategic environmental assessment in India: trends and prospects 386Urmila Jha-Thakur and Asha Rajvanshi26 Addressing the spectrum of strategic environmental assessmentpotential: evolving practice in Thailand and its effectiveness 401Chaunjit Chanchitpricha, Kanokporn Swangjang and Angus Morrison-SaundersPART V CONCLUSIONS27 Conclusions: towards a theory of strategic environmental assessment? 424Thomas B. Fischer and Ainhoa GonzálezIndex

Review

'Rather than a procedure or a specific approach SEA is considered a toolkit or a family of tools. This fits well with the concept of ''selection logic'' the authors of this book suggest as a basis of an SEA theory: a concept that would allow SEA practitioners to select the best methods, processes and strategies for a given application.' -- From the Foreword by Rob Verheem, Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment'If you want to know what's happening in the developed and developing world in applying Strategic Environmental Assessment, this is the definitive account. The evolving practices surrounding this important decision-making tool are ably and thoughtfully presented. In addition, the editors have done a masterful job of putting together a balanced presentation on the current ''state of the art'' as well as presenting a number of thoughtful observations on the development of a theory of SEA. This is the essential Handbook for teachers, students and practitioners of SEA.' -- William V. Kennedy, Director of the Office of Accountability, US International Development Finance Corporation

Review Quote

'Rather than a procedure or a specific approach SEA is considered a toolkit or a family of tools. This fits well with the concept of "selection logic" the authors of this book suggest as a basis of an SEA theory: a concept that would allow SEA practitioners to select the best methods, processes and strategies for a given application.'

Details ISBN1789909929 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1789909929 ISBN-13 9781789909920 Format Hardcover Pages 480 DEWEY 333.714 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Series Research Handbooks on Impact Assessment series Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2021-03-16 AU Release Date 2021-03-16 NZ Release Date 2021-03-16 UK Release Date 2021-03-16 Author Ainhoa González Edited by Ainhoa González Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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