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Addressing Cumulative Effects Through Strategic Environmental Assessment: A Case Study Of Small Hydro Development In Newfoundland, Canada

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  • STEVE BONNELL

    (63 Barbour Drive, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada A1N 2P3, Canada)

  • KEITH STOREY

    (Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X9, Canada)

Abstract

Environmental assessment (EA) is widely used as a means of incorporating environmental considerations into decision-making, primarily at the project level. The scope of EA has been expanded considerably in recent years to include earlier stages of the decision-making process, namely, policies, plans and programmes. Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) facilitates a planning approach to addressing the overall, cumulative effects of the projects that occur as a result of these decisions. This paper demonstrates the potential benefits of SEA in the assessment and management of cumulative effects, using a case study of recent hydroelectric development planning in Newfoundland, Canada. It goes on to illustrate how SEA could be used to address potential cumulative effects at the various stages of such a decision-making process. Through the case study, the paper also explores a number of issues in the implementation of such a planning approach.

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  • Steve Bonnell & Keith Storey, 2000. "Addressing Cumulative Effects Through Strategic Environmental Assessment: A Case Study Of Small Hydro Development In Newfoundland, Canada," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 2(04), pages 477-499.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:02:y:2000:i:04:n:s1464333200000485
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333200000485
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    1. Morgan Vespa & A. John Sinclair & Morrissa Boerchers & Robert Gibson, 2017. "New Process, Same Doubts: Participants’ Perceptions of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Western Newfoundland," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 19(01), pages 1-25, March.
    2. Tim Benijts, 2014. "A Business Sustainability Model for Government Corporations. A Belgian Case Study," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 23(3), pages 204-216, March.

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