Quality of Environmental Impact Assessment: Finnish EISs and the opinions of EIA professionals

Jalava, Kimmo; Pasanen, Sanna; Saalasti, Mikko; Kuitunen, Markku

doi:10.3152/146155110x488826

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“…These findings are broadly in line with previous studies conducted in developing countries and elsewhere (for example, Jalava et al, 2010;Sandham and Pretorius, 2008). The findings in Chapter 4 show that the quality of EISs in Bangladesh in general can be classified as being merely satisfactory, while a significant number (34%) of them are unsatisfactory.…”

Section: The Quality Of Eisssupporting

confidence: 89%

Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

Momtaz¹,

Kabir²

2013

Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Developing Countries

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Section: The Quality Of Eisssupporting

confidence: 89%

Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

Momtaz¹,

Kabir²

2013

Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Developing Countries

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“…Similar observations were made by Gray and Edward-Jones (2003), Paliwal (2006), Martin (2007), Sandham and Pretorius (2008) and Jalava et al (2010).…”

Section: Details Drugs Cement Highway Oilsupporting

confidence: 87%

Meta-analysis of EIA public hearings in the state of Gujarat, India: its role versus the goal of environmental management

Sainath

Rajan

2014

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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Public consultation is an important decision-aiding process in environmental impact assessment (EIA) and aids in building up consensus between various stakeholders, primarily the local public. In this meta-analysis, proceedings of 100 public hearings (PHs) recorded in the Indian state of Gujarat were analysed for the views of local public between environmental issues and others while an industry is being set up across five sectors -bulk drug and drug intermediates, cement, highway projects, oil and gas exploration and thermal power plants. The analysis shows that environmental issues are only 33% of the total issues raised, while socio-economic, infrastructure, PH process, track record and other general issues cover 21%, 13%, 2%, 12% and 19%, respectively. This implies that irrespective of sector or project local socio-economic and developmental concerns outweigh environmental issues and the current PH process is not able to get the appropriate inputs and insights from the stakeholders in improving the environmental decision-making. In light of these, some alternatives for strengthening the EIA-PH process is proposed in the paper.

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“…In the Finnish context, Hildén and Jalonen (2005) report limited influence of EA on decision-making and development choices, and Pölönen (2006) concludes that both the EU Directive and the Finnish EA legislation fail to guarantee the successful transfer of assessment results to decision making. Hokkanen (2001) reports that a significant amount of raw information is generated through Finnish EA, but there is insufficient time to use the resulting knowledge; and Jalava et al (2010) report that Finnish EAs suffer from irrelevant information reported in a lengthy way, which may serve to confuse and obscure essential points.…”

Section: Impact and Influencementioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Assessment in the Arctic: A Gap Analysis and Research Agenda

Noble¹,

Hanna²

2015

ARCTIC

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ABSTRACT. Environmental assessment (EA) is employed across the Arctic to assess, mitigate, and monitor the impacts of resource development. Despite the increasing pressures of resource development on Arctic communities and ecosystems and the growing demands for more efficient and effective EA processes, little is known about the needs and priorities of research that will help us to understand and improve EA and its relevance to Arctic communities. A gap analysis of EA research across eight Arctic nations, based on a review of the scholarly literature, government research and policy documents, and a questionnaire survey of Arctic EA scholars, addressed both project-based EA and strategic EA that focused on policy, planning, and regional assessment. Results indicate seven priority research themes: understanding community and stakeholder expectations about EA; assessing the efficiency and responsiveness of EA to rapidly changing socio-ecological and regulatory environments; examining the influence of EA on development decisions; addressing the capacity for meaningful engagement in EA; strengthening the relationship between EA and land-use planning and Arctic science programs; demonstrating the value of regional EA; and assessing the ability of EA to respond to the reality of climate change. These are not the only areas where further EA research is needed, but they are critical to the effectiveness of EA in the Arctic and to ensuring its relevance to Arctic communities.Key words: environmental assessment; Arctic environmental assessment; gap analysis; environmental assessment effectiveness RÉSUMÉ. Des évaluations environnementales (EE) sont réalisées à l'échelle de l'Arctique dans le but d'évaluer, d'atténuer et de surveiller les incidences de l'exploitation des ressources. Malgré les pressions accrues qu'exerce la mise en valeur des ressources sur les communautés et les écosystèmes de l'Arctique, et malgré la demande croissante pour des processus d'EE plus efficaces, nous en savons peu sur les besoins et les priorités de recherche qui nous aideront à comprendre et à améliorer les EE et leur pertinence dans les communautés de l'Arctique. L'analyse des écarts en matière de recherche sur les EE dans huit nations de l'Arctique, analyse fondée sur des articles scientifiques, des travaux de recherche réalisés par les gouvernements, des documents de politiques et un sondage auprès de spécialistes des EE dans l'Arctique, a porté tant sur les EE de projets que sur les EE stratégiques axées sur les politiques, la planification et les évaluations régionales. Les résultats de cette analyse ont fait ressortir sept thèmes de recherche prioritaires : comprendre les attentes des communautés et des parties prenantes en matière d'EE; évaluer l'efficacité et la réactivité des EE vis-à-vis des milieux réglementaires et socioécologiques évoluant rapidement; examiner l'influence qu'exercent les EE sur les décisions en matière de mise en valeur; déterminer la capacité d'une participation significative dans les EE; renforcer la relation e...

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Quality of Environmental Impact Assessment: Finnish EISs and the opinions of EIA professionals

Cited by 45 publications

References 21 publications

Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

Evaluating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

Meta-analysis of EIA public hearings in the state of Gujarat, India: its role versus the goal of environmental management

Environmental Assessment in the Arctic: A Gap Analysis and Research Agenda

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