Strategic Environmental Assessment in Action

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• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 291
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This 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.  Read more...

Abstract: This 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

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Strategic Environmental Assessment in Action
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Part I: Introducing Strategic Environmental Assessment
Chapter 1 Introduction
Book structure
Background to the book
Chapter 2 Strategic Environmental Assessment: An Overview
Aims and principles of SEA
Strategic actions
Stages of SEA
Advantages of SEA
Problems with SEA
Conclusions
Chapter 3 The European Union SEA Directive and UNECE SEA Protocol
History of the SEA Directive
The Directive's requirements. Good and bad points of the DirectiveThe UNECE Protocol on SEA
Conclusions
Chapter 4 The SEA Process as a Whole
Example of SEA: Tooton Rush District Transport Plan
What is crucial in SEA?
Quality assurance
Conclusions
Part II: The SEA Process
Chapter 5 Setting the Context for SEA
Deciding whether a strategic action requires SEA: 'Screening'
Links between SEA and decision-making
Fitting SEA with other existing assessment requirements
Who should be involved in the SEA?
Conclusions. Chapter 6 Describing the Environmental Baseline, Identifying Problems, Links to Other Strategic ActionsIndicators, objectives, targets
Things to think about when establishing SEA objectives and indicators
Collecting and documenting baseline data
Setting targets (where appropriate)
Identifying environmental problems
Links to other strategic actions
When to stop collecting information: 'Scoping'
Conclusions
Chapter 7 Identifying Alternatives
Types of alternatives
Identifying alternatives/options
Deciding which alternatives/options are not worth pursuing: More scoping
Conclusions. Chapter 8 Predicting, Evaluating and Mitigating ImpactsPrediction and evaluation principles
Prediction
Evaluation
Choosing prediction and evaluation techniques
Mitigation
Conclusions
Chapter 9 Documentation, Implementation and Monitoring
Documentation
Consultation on the SEA report(s)
Monitoring
Conclusions
Part III: Assuring SEA Quality
Chapter 10 Ensuring that the SEA is Done Well and Resourcing It
Ensuring SEA quality
The case studies revisited: Was SEA effective?
How to do SEA in 1, 10 and 100 person-days
Capacity building, setting a supportive context
The future of SEA. AppendicesAppendix A: European Union Directive 2001/42/EC
Appendix B: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment
Appendix C: SEA Prediction and Evaluation Techniques
Expert judgement
Quality of Life Assessment
Overlay maps
Land use partitioning analysis
Geographical Information Systems
Network analysis
Modelling
Scenario/sensitivity analysis
Cost-benefit analysis
Multi-criteria analysis
Life cycle analysis
Vulnerability analysis
Carrying capacity, ecological footprints
Risk assessment
Compatibility appraisal
References
Index.

✦ Subjects

Environmental impact analysis.;Environmental policy.;Strategic planning -- Environmental aspects.