ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT RESEARCH IN THE UK

Uncharted Waters: Strategic Environmental Assessment in the UK Offshore Area

Despite its clear significance for the myriad economic, developmental and infrastructure policies of the Member States, the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive remains one of the more mysterious and underappreciated elements of EU environmental law. This has proved to be especially true in the context of the offshore environment. Indeed, while the maritime implications of pertinent nat...

Environmental Impact Assessment

The paradox of strategic environmental assessment

a r t i c l e i n f o Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a tool that can facilitate sustainable development and improve decision-making by introducing environmental concern early in planning processes. However, various international studies conclude that current planning practice is not taking full advantage of the tool, and we therefore define the paradox of SEA as the methodological ...

Environmental Assessment and Strategic Technology Choice

The scale of the required changes is huge, and time is limited if we are to avoid the most severe effects of climate change. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions from road transport, several fuels and electricity originating from renewable energy sources have been proposed, all of them in different stages of development and with various and shifting environmental impacts. This thesis aims at incr...

The Application of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Regional Planning and Practice: Sahand Region