The environmental impact assessment in Chile: Overview, improvements, and comparisons

Rodríguez-Luna, Dante; Vela, Nuria; Alcalá, Francisco; Encina‐Montoya, Francisco

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106502

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“…According to ( Loomis and Dziedzic, 2018 ), differences in the criteria for procedural evaluations are few. Rodríguez-Luna et al. (2021) provide a thorough review of the various authors and countries where Wood's criteria have been replicated or adapted to local conditions.…”

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EIA effectiveness in Vietnam: key stakeholder perceptions

Clarke

2021

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In line with its rapidly transforming economy, thousands of development proposals undergo Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Vietnam each year. Since its inception in 1993, Vietnam's EIA system has undergone numerous amendments via a suite of legislative reforms to the Law on Environmental Protection (LEP) and its associated Circulars and Decrees, a testament to the Government's will to improve environmental performance. Here we evaluate the effectiveness of Vietnam's EIA system through a unique empirical study focusing on those engaged in the EIA system undertaken in Hanoi in 2016 comprising 20 semi-structured interviews with respondents from government, NGOs, academia, and industry. By evaluating the effectiveness of the EIA system in Vietnam from the stakeholder perspective, this paper aims to identify where, how, and why the EIA system is effective or otherwise. Stakeholders vary in their perceptions of the system. Those external to it identified several inhibiting characteristics. Results suggest that like other developing countries and jurisdictions, Vietnam's EIA procedural performance falls short of EIA goals. Criticisms of discordant dual planning law and environmental management laws, fragmented decision making, conflicts of interest in appraisal committee appointments, and information deprivation that impedes public participation suggest that like other developing countries and jurisdictions, Vietnam's EIA performance, in practice, faces several challenges that potentially undermine its role in environmental protection.

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EIA effectiveness in Vietnam: key stakeholder perceptions

Clarke

2021

Heliyon

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“…The EIA is a legal and administrative tool making it possible to identify, predict and interpret the environmental impact of a project or an activity, and it was incorporated as an environmental management tool in the United States in 1970 by the NEPA [33]. In 1992, the United Nations Conference on the Environment held in Rio de Janeiro identified a way of using EIA as a tool to encourage impact assessment during installation, operation and abandonment of projects [34].…”

Section: Environmental and Impact Analysismentioning

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Smart Cities’ Strategies to Ameliorate Environmental Impacts of Rapid Urbanization in Beijing, China

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Taratori²,

Pacho³

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One of the main drivers behind the urbanization process is attributed to economic fundamentals of urban growth, which boost migration from rural to urban context. This migration can be studied geographically, with increasing rates of population as the main component in developing countries, over Asia and Africa, specifically. Research has been focusing in creating models and adaptative schemes to manage and plan cities to promote sustainable development for housing large quantities of population and preserve a long-term living environment. The approach from a smart city perspective, adjusted to the rapid urbanization condition can be helpful to deal urban issues by convergence and interaction between urban agents and information technology. At academia, few works have addressed the role of Smart Cities to face the challenge of rapid urbanization. The aim of this study is to research and analyze if strategies with smart city vision can lessen environmental impacts at cases with rapid urbanization, and how can we leverage technology to promote environmental sustainability at rapid urbanization phenomena occurring at developing countries using RIAM environmental assessment method in the case of Beijing, China'.

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“…The EIA is a legal and administrative tool making it possible to identify, predict and interpret the environmental impact of a project or an activity, and it was incorporated as an environmental management tool in the United States in 1970 by the NEPA [30]. In 1992, the UN Conference on the Environment held in Rio de Janeiro identified a way of using EIA as a tool to encourage impact assessment during installation, operation, and abandonment of projects [31].…”

Section: Environmental and Impact Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

A Strategic and Smart Environmental Assessment of Rapid Urbanization in Beijing

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One of the key challenges of developing countries is to tackle the mitigation of the impacts of rapid and uncontrolled urbanization. Assessing this phenomenon is crucial to lessen the consequences for the environment and society. ‘Literature has been concentrated in planning strategies for the cities’ adaptation and engagements to the principles of green development ensuring a long-term quality of life for their citizens. Hereby, smart technologies and applications consist of two of the most encouraging concepts for solutions for achieving the 2030 and 2050 horizon targets towards clean energy transition and carbon neutrality. In academia, scholars have already raised the importance of ‘smartness’ to define the adaptative patterns for the global pressures of climate change and uncontrolled urban growth. The mitigation of these phenomena is crucial to ensure the cities’ future and lessen their impacts. This study seeks a strategic and smart-driven vision to leverage smartness on the phenomenon of rapid urbanization that occurred in the case of Beijing, China. Defining and evaluating the environmental impacts in line with the RIAM approach as one of its main targets. Future works can be focused on addressing solutions in similar cases in further developing countries to not only overcome environmental, but also economic, social, and digital complications.

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The environmental impact assessment in Chile: Overview, improvements, and comparisons

Cited by 24 publications

References 20 publications

EIA effectiveness in Vietnam: key stakeholder perceptions

EIA effectiveness in Vietnam: key stakeholder perceptions

Smart Cities’ Strategies to Ameliorate Environmental Impacts of Rapid Urbanization in Beijing, China

A Strategic and Smart Environmental Assessment of Rapid Urbanization in Beijing

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