The effectiveness of the Finnish EIA system — What works, what doesn't, and what could be improved?

Pölönen, Ismo; Hokkanen, Pekka; Jalava, Kimmo

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2010.06.003

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“…While both social cost and generalized travel cost must be considered, these may include intangibles such as social damage from air pollution or risk to life that can be difficult to monetise, plus a monetary criterion is not always socially acceptable [69]. According to Pölönen et al [70] EIA can be described as a preventive environmental policy and management tool that has been used worldwide to assess the environmental effects of projects systematically and comprehensively. To the best of the authors knowledge, EIA/ERA have not been conducted on ITS as most schemes do not require significant change in land use.…”

Section: Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Risk Assesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability assessment approaches for intelligent transport systems: the state of the art

Kolosz

Grant-Muller

2016

IET Intelligent Transport Systems

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The appraisal of ITS systems has become increasingly important in order to capture their full range of potential impacts. The goal of this paper is therefore to assess the appropriateness of conventional transport appraisal models and tools for this task, particularly in reflecting the environmental and socio-economic impacts of ITS. These include the most common Environmental Systems Analysis tools (ESAT), which incorporate international standards and are of considerable importance in indicating sustainability. A review of how emerging methods relate to the goal of a successful transition to a low carbon future is reported, based on the literature. The appraisal of ITS is inherently uncertain due to the decentralised nature of Information Communication Technology (ICT), therefore a range of methods to capture this aspect are reviewed. The models, weights and methods are analysed concerning their ability to estimate sustainability performance, given the numerous configurations of ubiquitous technology that may comprise ITS services. Weighting methods are important in reflecting perceptions of how sustainability should be assessed. These can be incorporated by identifying, classifying and selecting one or more ESAT's based upon their suitability for a particular application. Finally, recommendations are given on which tools can be integrated to more comprehensively reflect the performance of ITS.

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Section: Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Risk Assesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability assessment approaches for intelligent transport systems: the state of the art

Kolosz

Grant-Muller

2016

IET Intelligent Transport Systems

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“…Some countries, such as Denmark, Great Britain, Australia, Finland, Lithuania, Netherlands, India, Estonia, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana and South Africa have carried out detailed studies on the effectiveness of EIA and named the problems to be solved (Simpson 2001;Ahammed & Nixon 2006;Christensen 2006;Pölönen 2006;Kruopienė et al 2008;Heinma & Põder 2010;Toro et al 2010;Pölönen et al 2011;Panigrahi & Amirapu 2012;Campion & Essel 2013;Runhaar et al 2013). Different authors relate EIA effectiveness either to the quality of EIA reports and EIA procedural implementation (Bailey 1997;Baker & Woods 1999;Harmer 2005;Pinho et al 2006), or to the role of EIA in development planning (Sadler 1996;Hickie & Wade 1998;Hacking & Guthrie 2008;Kolhoff et al 2013).…”

Section: Eia Effectivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of environmental impact assessment effectiveness in Slovakia

Zvijáková

Zeleňáková

Purcz

2014

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) practice in Slovakia is about 20 years old. EIA was first introduced in Slovakia based on the Environment Law of 1992. The practice in EIA started developing shortly after the Law No. 127/1994 Coll. came into force. The first group of experts was certified as being EIA/strategic environmental assessment (SEA) professionally qualified persons. During 20 years, the numbers of EIA procedures were performed and number of EIA practitioners has considerably increased. Many discussions arise about EIA procedure effectiveness and quality in Slovakia. The task of this study has been to investigate EIA system applications in Slovakia and evaluate its effectiveness. In this paper, the views of professionally qualified persons are examined closely, using a questionnaire survey. Data from the questionnaires are analysed to find information relating to current EIA/SEA and EIA/SEA practice and the future for EIA. The objective of this study was to assess the potential for improving the effectiveness of EIA in Slovakia, and finally the recommendations for improvement are presented. The results of this research suggest that the use of new legislation should be extended in Slovakia in order to improve EIA effectiveness.

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“…In recent years, the effectiveness of EA has been questioned globally (Fuggle, 2005;Morgan, 2012;Bond et al, 2014) and particularly in the Arctic Doelle et al, 2012;Noble et al, 2013). In the Finnish context, for example, Pölönen et al (2011) identify the linkages between EA and decision-making processes as a major deficiency, and in Russia, Cherp and Golubeva (2004) report several challenges in national-level approaches to EA implementation. In Canada's western Arctic, Noble et al (2013) and BSStRPA (2008) identify challenges to current EA processes in capturing the cumulative effects of energy developments, whilst Harrison (2006) and Voutier et al (2008) report the challenges to industry arising from what is claimed to be an overly complex EA regulatory environment.…”

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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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The effectiveness of the Finnish EIA system — What works, what doesn't, and what could be improved?

Cited by 68 publications

References 56 publications

Sustainability assessment approaches for intelligent transport systems: the state of the art

Sustainability assessment approaches for intelligent transport systems: the state of the art

Evaluation of environmental impact assessment effectiveness in Slovakia

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

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