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Towards A Structured Approach To Strategic Environmental Assessment

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  • BRAM F. NOBLE

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

  • KEITH STOREY

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

Abstract

Considerable attention has been given to the role of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in policy, plan and program assessment; however, there is very little consensus on an appropriate methodology for SEA. Two basic perspectives on SEA methodology emerge from the literature: first, that appropriate SEA methodologies are readily available based on the application of project-level EIA approaches to strategic assessment questions and second, that SEA requires a different, more broad-brush approach than project-level EIA. If SEA is to advance in application and effectiveness, then appropriate SEA methodologies need to be established. Despite calls for SEA to develop more independently of project-level assessment, existing SEA methodologies tend to be based on project-level EIA principles. It is argued here that while SEA can perhaps utilise many of the existing methods from project-level EIA, it requires a different, more broad-brush, but structured methodological approach. This paper reviews the current state-of-the-art of SEA methodology, and presents a generic SEA methodological framework and example based on the notion of the "best practicable environmental option".

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  • Bram F. Noble & Keith Storey, 2001. "Towards A Structured Approach To Strategic Environmental Assessment," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(04), pages 483-508.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:03:y:2001:i:04:n:s1464333201000832
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333201000832
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