Handbook of Strategic Environmental Assessment

This authoritative handbook surveys the full breadth and depth of SEA, bringing together a range of international perspectives and insights on the theoretical, methodological and institutional dimensions and practical issues of the field. It then subjects this conventional wisdom to a critical reappraisal, looks at the vast lessons of experience and offers new ideas and interpretations as to where the field is going.

The volume is organized into six major sections, beginning with an introduction and overview of the development of the field and a framework for evaluating SEA good practice. Part I comprises a review of SEA frameworks in leading countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA), the European Union and developing regions (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Newly Independent States). Part II reviews SEA practice in several major sectors (energy, minerals, transport, water, development assistance and coastal zone management). Part III addresses the linkages between SEA and other comparable tools such as spatial planning and environmental management. Part IV probes key cross-cutting issues in SEA, including how to address cumulative and trans-boundary effects. Part V identifies ways and means of SEA process and capacity development, focusing on how to improve and upgrade the theory and practice of the field. Part VI examines the shift from conventional SEA towards more integrative approaches, drawing on experience and examples from a number of countries.

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List of contents

1. Introduction
Part I SEA Frameworks

2. SEA in Australia
3. SEA in Canada
4. SEA in New Zealand
5. SEA in the United States
6. SEA in the Asian Region
7. SEA in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
8. SEA in the European Union
9. SEA in Southern Africa
10. The SEA Protocol
Part II SEA Application
11. SEA and Transport Planning
12. SEA and Water Management
13. Regional Sectoral Assessment and Extractive Industries
14. SEA and Coastal Zone Management

Part III SEA Linkage to Other Instruments
15. Thematic Overview of Linkages Between SEA and Other Instruments
16. SEA and Environmental Planning and Management Tools
17. Landscape Planning
18. SEA as a Tool for Conservation and Sustainable use of Biodiversity in Developing Countries
19. Using SEA to Enhance Poverty Reduction Strategies
20. SEA and Spatial Planning
Part IV Cross Cutting Issues in SEA
21. Environmental Indicators in SEA
22. Some Wider Reflections on the Challenge of Public Participation in SEA
23. Addressing Health Impacts in SEA
24. Managing Cumulative Impacts: Making it Happen
25. Transboundary Issues in SEA
26. Planning in Tiers? Tiering as a Way of Linking SEA and EIA
Part V SEA Process Development and Capacity Building
27. SEA Process Development and Capacity-building - a Thematic Overview
28. SEA Theory and Research: an Analysis of the Discourse
29. Professional and Institutional Capacity Building for SEA
30. Developing SEA Guidance
31. Institutional Challenges for SEA Implementation and Decision Making: Search for Appropriate Organizations
32. From Formulation to Implementation: Strengthening SEA through Follow-up
33. SEA Knowledge and its use in Information Sharing, Training and Learning
Part VI: Toward Integrated, Sustainability Assessment
34. From SEA to Sustainability Assessment
35. Assessment for Sustainable Development

About the author

Barry Sadler is an adviser on impact assessment to a number of international organizations and co-author of Strategic Environmental Assessment (2005) and Sustainability Appraisal (2006)
Ralf Aschemann is Director of the Austrian Institute for the Development of Environmental Assessment (ANIDEA)
Jiri Dusik is a Partner at Integra Consulting Services Ltd. based in the Czech Republic
Thomas B. Fischer is a Professor in the Department of Civic Design, School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool, UK
Maria do Rosário Partidário is an Associate Professor based in the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Rob Verheem is Deputy Director of the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment

Summary

This authoritative handbook surveys the full breadth and depth of SEA, bringing together a range of international perspectives and insights on the theoretical, methodological and institutional dimensions and practical issues of the field. It then subjects this conventional wisdom to a critical reappraisal, looks at the vast lessons of experience and offers new ideas and interpretations as to where the field is going.
The volume is organized into six major sections, beginning with an introduction and overview of the development of the field and a framework for evaluating SEA good practice. Part I comprises a review of SEA frameworks in leading countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA), the European Union and developing regions (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Newly Independent States). Part II reviews SEA practice in several major sectors (energy, minerals, transport, water, development assistance and coastal zone management). Part III addresses the linkages between SEA and other comparable tools such as spatial planning and environmental management. Part IV probes key cross-cutting issues in SEA, including how to address cumulative and trans-boundary effects. Part V identifies ways and means of SEA process and capacity development, focusing on how to improve and upgrade the theory and practice of the field. Part VI examines the shift from conventional SEA towards more integrative approaches, drawing on experience and examples from a number of countries.
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'This is a work which has been needed for some time and it has been worth the wait! Truly international in scope, it provides a pointer for theory and practice in the field. Compiled and written by leading academics and practitioners, it belongs on the desk of ministers and policymakers worldwide.'
Dr Trevor Turpin, Director, Nicholas Pearson Associates and co-author, Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook

'This book is wide ranging both in scope and authorship, and makes a timely contribution to the literature. It explores the application and influence of SEA on a global basis and appraises its role in decision-making and contribution to wider sustainability themes. As such it will be an invaluable source for both researchers and practitioners.'
Carys Jones, School of Environment & Development, University of Manchester, UK

Product details

• Authors: Barry (Independent Consultant Sadler, Barry Aschemann Sadler, Barry Dusik Sadler
• Assisted by: Ralf Aschemann (Editor), Jiri Dusik (Editor), Thomas Fischer (Editor), Maria Partidario (Editor), Barry Sadler (Editor), Rob Verheem (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138975699
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97569-9
• No. of pages: 640
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education