IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wsi/jeapmx/v18y2016i01ns1464333216500022.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Linking Environmental Assessment and Management of Highway Construction in Southeastern Brazil

Author

Listed:
  • Amarilis Lucia Casteli Figueiredo Gallardo

    (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil†Universidade Nove de Julho – UNINOVE, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

  • Alexandre de Oliveira e Aguiar

    (#x2020;Universidade Nove de Julho – UNINOVE, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

  • Luis Enrique Sánchez

    (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Abstract

Effective delivery of mitigation remains a challenge in environmental impact assessment (EIA) practice. Actual environmental protection outcomes depend as much on an appropriate ex-ante assessment as on the capacity of project proponents of implementing preventative, corrective and compensatory programs, using environmental management tools to ensure demonstrable performance. The context question explored here is: How can the EIA follow-up phase take advantage of the features and resources of environmental management systems (EMS)? Evidence was obtained by studying two cases of highway construction affecting valued environments. The projects, intentionally selected, were built in the same area with an eight-year interval between them. Follow-up resulted in the identification of significant unforeseen geo-environmental impacts leading to the adoption of corrective action not required in the terms and conditions of approval. It was found that lessons learned by different actors involved in the first project led to stronger environmental management procedures incorporated in the latter.

Suggested Citation

  • Amarilis Lucia Casteli Figueiredo Gallardo & Alexandre de Oliveira e Aguiar & Luis Enrique Sánchez, 2016. "Linking Environmental Assessment and Management of Highway Construction in Southeastern Brazil," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(01), pages 1-27, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:18:y:2016:i:01:n:s1464333216500022
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333216500022
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1464333216500022
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1142/S1464333216500022?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Paul Slinn & John Handley & Stephen A. Jay, 2007. "Connecting EIA to environmental management systems: lessons from industrial estate developments in England," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 14(2), pages 88-102, May.
    2. Bronwyn Ridgway, 1999. "The Project Cycle And The Role Of Eia And Ems," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 1(04), pages 393-405.
    3. Haitao Yin & Peter J. Schmeidler, 2009. "Why do standardized ISO 14001 environmental management systems lead to heterogeneous environmental outcomes?," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 18(7), pages 469-486, November.
    4. Anastássios Perdicoúlis & Bridget Durning, 2007. "An Alternating-Sequence Conceptual Framework For Eia-Ems Integration," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 9(04), pages 385-397.
    5. Morten Skou Nicolaisen & Patrick Arthur Driscoll, 2014. "Ex-Post Evaluations of Demand Forecast Accuracy: A Literature Review," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(4), pages 540-557, July.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Coker, Ayodeji Ajibola Alexander, 2021. "Accuracy of in Medias RES and EX-Post Cost-Benefit Analyses: A Case of National Special Programme for Food Security, Nigeria," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 314936, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Fonseca Luis Miguel & Domingues José Pedro, 2017. "Listen to ISO 9001:2015 for organizational competitiveness: Correlation between change management and improvement," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 11(1), pages 916-926, July.
    3. Kyungmin Baek, 2018. "Sustainable development and pollutant outcomes: The case of ISO 14001 in Korea," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(5), pages 825-832, September.
    4. Erlantz Allur & Iñaki Heras-Saizarbitoria & Olivier Boiral & Francesco Testa, 2018. "Quality and Environmental Management Linkage: A Review of the Literature," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-15, November.
    5. Walker, Joan L. & Chatman, Daniel & Daziano, Ricardo & Erhardt, Gregory & Gao, Song & Mahmassani, Hani & Ory, David & Sall, Elizabeth & Bhat, Chandra & Chim, Nicholas & Daniels, Clint & Gardner, Brian, 2019. "Advancing the Science of Travel Demand Forecasting," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt0v1906ts, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
    6. Bert Van Wee & David Banister, 2016. "How to Write a Literature Review Paper?," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(2), pages 278-288, March.
    7. Iñaki Heras‐Saizarbitoria & Olivier Boiral & Erlantz Allur & María García, 2020. "Communicating environmental management certification: Signaling without signals?," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(2), pages 422-431, February.
    8. Asplund, Disa & Eliasson, Jonas, 2016. "Does uncertainty make cost-benefit analyses pointless?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 195-205.
    9. S. Zeng & X. Xu & H. Yin & C. Tam, 2012. "Factors that Drive Chinese Listed Companies in Voluntary Disclosure of Environmental Information," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 109(3), pages 309-321, September.
    10. Tian, Jinfang & Sun, Siyang & Cao, Wei & Bu, Di & Xue, Rui, 2024. "Make every dollar count: The impact of green credit regulation on corporate green investment efficiency," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    11. Paolo Perego & Ans Kolk, 2012. "Multinationals’ Accountability on Sustainability: The Evolution of Third-party Assurance of Sustainability Reports," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 110(2), pages 173-190, October.
    12. Gustavo Lannelongue & Oscar Gonzalez-Benito & Javier Gonzalez-Benito, 2014. "Environmental Motivations: The Pathway to Complete Environmental Management," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 124(1), pages 135-147, September.
    13. Qaisar Iqbal & Noor Hazlina Ahmad & Zeyun Li & Yongmei Li, 2022. "To walk in beauty: Sustainable leadership, frugal innovation and environmental performance," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(3), pages 738-750, April.
    14. Alberto Díaz de Junguitu & Erlantz Allur, 2019. "The Adoption of Environmental Management Systems Based on ISO 14001, EMAS, and Alternative Models for SMEs: A Qualitative Empirical Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-17, December.
    15. Petteri Vihervaara & Matti Kamppinen, 2009. "The ecosystem approach in corporate environmental management – expert mental models and environmental drivers in the Finnish forest industry," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 16(2), pages 79-93, March.
    16. Ionut Viorel Herghiligiu & Ioan-Bogdan Robu & Marius Pislaru & Adrian Vilcu & Anca Laura Asandului & Silvia Avasilcăi & Catalin Balan, 2019. "Sustainable Environmental Management System Integration and Business Performance: A Balance Assessment Approach Using Fuzzy Logic," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(19), pages 1-30, September.
    17. Smid, H., 2014. "Rhetoric and realities of corporate social responsibility," Other publications TiSEM 2657da35-1f2e-4c8f-861b-c, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    18. Artitzar Erauskin‐Tolosa & Eugenio Zubeltzu‐Jaka & Iñaki Heras‐Saizarbitoria & Olivier Boiral, 2020. "ISO 14001, EMAS and environmental performance: A meta‐analysis," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(3), pages 1145-1159, March.
    19. Junxiu Sun & Feng Wang & Haitao Yin & Rui Zhao, 2022. "Death or rebirth? How small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises respond to responsible investment," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(4), pages 1749-1762, May.
    20. Zhenyu Jiang & Zongjun Wang & Yanqi Zeng, 2020. "Can voluntary environmental regulation promote corporate technological innovation?," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(2), pages 390-406, February.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:18:y:2016:i:01:n:s1464333216500022. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tai Tone Lim (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.worldscinet.com/jeapm/jeapm.shtml .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.