Strategic environmental assessment-related research projects and journal articles: an overview of the past 20 years

Fischer, Thomas B.; Onyango, Vincent

doi:10.1080/14615517.2012.740953

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“…In these countries, EIA systems are now relatively matured and advanced with comprehensive legal requirements and scope of EIA's application and practice. In developed countries, application of EIA at policy and planning levels is also advancing (Fischer, 2010;Fischer and Onyango, 2012). Health and social impact assessments (HIA/SIA), also with other types of IA are getting more and more attention.…”

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Fifteen Years of Environmental Impact Assessment System in Bangladesh: Current Practice, Challenges and Future Directions

Kabir

Momtaz

2013

J. Env. Assmt. Pol. Mgmt.

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The aim of this article is to review the current practice of EIA system in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, EIA has been practiced for more than fifteen years. However, there is a lack of scientific information about the current practice of EIA in Bangladesh. This article focused and reviewed three key areas of EIA system in Bangladesh: institutional arrangement, quality of EISs and implementation of mitigation measures. By using a set of good practice criteria, this article finds that still there are shortcomings in current EIA practice despite that fact that EIA practice in Bangladesh has been improving over the last fifteen years. This means Bangladesh could not harness the full benefit of EIA yet. This article suggest that in order to harness the full benefits of EIA, adequate implementation of mitigation measures is imperative while improving the capacity of proponents, regulatory agency and the quality of EIS.

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Fifteen Years of Environmental Impact Assessment System in Bangladesh: Current Practice, Challenges and Future Directions

Kabir

Momtaz

2013

J. Env. Assmt. Pol. Mgmt.

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“…Its aim is to improve environmental protection and achieve more sustainable outcomes through informing or influencing decisions (Cashmore et al, 2004). This has since evolved to other forms of environmental assessment, such as strategic environmental assessment (SEA) which allows for earlier consideration in the decision making process, going beyond project level to policies, plans and programs (PPPs) (Marsden and Ashe, 2006;Fischer and Onyango, 2012).…”

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Determining the value and influence of informal strategic advice for environmental impact assessment: Western Australian perspectives

Martin

Morrison‐Saunders

2015

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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Formal processes for environmental impact assessment (EIA) have been established throughout the world and dominate research and practice papers. In Western Australia informal strategic advice, which sits outside of the legally binding project-based EIA is used to inform the pre-project stages of development. Through interviews with 29 practitioners who have been involved in the formulation or use of this advice, this research investigated the value and influence of informal non-binding strategic advice. Strategic advice was considered valuable in providing upfront early guidance although practitioners would prefer greater certainty and clarity on what is acceptable. Identified limitations in its use included the cost, time and resources required in providing advice; currency and shelf life; uptake; and issues with implementing non-enforceable recommendations. Provision of clear objectives, improvements in the timing and relevance of advice and making more use of advice during EIA were identified as positive ways forward. Overall results recognise the value of informal strategic advice as a means to complement formal EIA and as a useful tool to assist with making better informed decisions earlier in the assessment process.

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“…The reasons are similar, and relate to the complicated identification of stakeholders performing tasks related to the management of data and indicators to actually measure how a plan is performing against its initial goals (Fischer & Onyango 2012).…”

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“…Main reasons of the non-linear nature of follow-up initiatives (Partidário & Arts 2005) are the complex interactions between SEA and the decision making process, reflected in the level of PPP abstraction and the long chain of impacts (Persson & Nilsson 2007). The underachievement of the SEA follow-up process is a recognised priority in the SEA arena, as more effective procedures can be achieved increasing the research on SEA outcomes (Fischer & Onyango 2012). This implies clarifying the methods used to appraise the impacts of each PPP, the stakeholders involved in the monitoring phase, and the set of indicators to use.…”

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“…Although international and national organisations have provided guidance for SEA development and implementation, the current scenario around SEA appears uncertain (Fischer & Onyango 2012;White & Noble 2013;Lobos & Partidário 2014). This affects the evaluation of previous experiences on SEA, and the definition of how to improve SEA efficacy bridging the divide between theory and practice (Noble et al 2012;Pope et al 2013;Dalal-Clayton & Sadler 2014).…”

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A limits-oriented approach to sustainable planning assessments: a comparative analysis of South East Queensland (Australia) and Lombardia (Italy)

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Sustainable development is one of the key issues facing human survival on this planet. The urban planning discipline is actively involved in fostering more feasible ways to structure human activities and their relationship with the global ecosystem's finite resources. Since sustainability has become a major issue for human kind, sustainability assessments have proliferated in different ways to integrate socio-economic prosperity and provide environmental safeguards. In theory, these assessments can contribute towards addressing the increasing threats posed by climate change and by the depletion of natural resources, by building consensus around shared strategies involving a wide range of stakeholders to address national and international sustainable development goals. In practice however, sustainability assessments are undermined by problems associated with first the policy-making processes (for example, stakeholders' involvement) and second the measurement of the impacts of policies, plans and programs (such as the definition and computation of sustainability indicators). These issues weaken community trust in sustainability assessments and reduce their efficacy. Critical research is required to explore viable solutions.The main goal of this thesis is to address the shortcomings of current procedures for sustainability assessment. A comparative case study explores differences and similarities between an Australian region (South East Queensland) and an Italian region (Lombardia), which are representative of different institutional and planning backgrounds. Methodologically, this thesis develops and applies a framework to understand how limitations within political and societal processes prevent the achievement of environmentally sustainable planning. This framework combines a 'limits-oriented approach to evolutionary ecology' (Sih & Gleeson 1995) transposed to governance and policy-making processes, and the need to pursue a sustainable use of finite natural resources as suggested by positions addressing the 'limits to growth' by Meadows et al. (1972).Overall, this thesis develops an approach to diagnose current obstacles that need to be overcome and the pathway for achieving institutionalised limits-oriented approaches for improving procedures of sustainability assessment. This 'limits-oriented' framework outlines the benefits that South East Queensland and Lombardia can achieve by optimising current practices for sustainable planning within their regional contexts. This approach explores the limiting traits that undermine the performance of sustainability assessments, and proposes ways to bridge the gaps that separate their theoretical conceptualisation from their practical implementation.The framework developed and tested through this thesis offers an analytical lens to examine how the assessment of sustainable planning is currently featured in different institutional contexts. Its experimental implementation in countries with different planning traditions provides an insight on iii how to overcome iss...

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Strategic environmental assessment-related research projects and journal articles: an overview of the past 20 years

Cited by 93 publications

References 65 publications

Fifteen Years of Environmental Impact Assessment System in Bangladesh: Current Practice, Challenges and Future Directions

Fifteen Years of Environmental Impact Assessment System in Bangladesh: Current Practice, Challenges and Future Directions

Determining the value and influence of informal strategic advice for environmental impact assessment: Western Australian perspectives

A limits-oriented approach to sustainable planning assessments: a comparative analysis of South East Queensland (Australia) and Lombardia (Italy)

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