A viewpoint on the approval context of strategic environmental assessments

Dynamic and embedded evaluation procedure for strategic environmental assessment

“…Still, lack of global agreement on one methodology to assist the SEA process that can be widely accepted by both researchers and engineers makes the decision-taking phase even more difficult (Kontic and Kontic, 2012;Mascarenhas et al, 2012). Moreover, until a specific methodology will not be identified, SEA results cannot be compared.…”

Strategic Environmental Assessment of Port Plans in Italy: Experiences, Approaches, Tools

“…Indeed, there is increasing appreciation of SEA's tiered nature and the need to fit the process to specific policy, plan or program requirements. This means that SEA has become a mature instrument and can be applied extensively [6,7,10,11].…”

“…Each member state produced SEA regulations that reflected their own system of planning and governance in order to provide for a high level of protection of the environment and to contribute to the integration of environmental considerations into the preparation and adoption of plans and programs. At the same time, SEA literature has been critically examined to determine whether or not SEA influences the decision-making process, with specific attention to what is an "effective" SEA [5][6][7][8][9][10][11], taking into account the different typologies of plans and programs. This paper focuses on the SEA modalities used in the development of some recent port plans in Italy approved in 2010 and 2011, according to the European Directive.…”