Conference on Strategic Environmental Assessment (sea) for Transport

OECD/ECMT Conference on Strategic Environmental Assessment for Transport WARSAW 14-15 October 1999 SEA and Sustainable Development In the Baltic Sea Region

OECD/ECMT Conference on Strategic Environmental Assessment for Transport

SEA to date and Recent advances The 1990s have witnessed a substantial evolution in the methods and uses of SEA as a tool for the integration of environmental concerns and the promotion of sustainability within transport planning. A wealth of experience in sectoral and multi-sectoral (eg. regional development plans) SEA, both at regional, national and European levels can now provide us with a b...

Strategic Sustainability Analysis (ssa) Broadening Existing Assessment Approaches for Transport Policies Strategic Sustainability Analysis (ssa): Broadening Existing Assessment Approaches for Transport Policies -2

Assessment tools based on static and linear concepts like traditional cost-benefit analysis can not reasonably be applied for long-term assessments of complex systems. One major reason is that secondary effects of policies caused by endogenous dynamics of the system are not considered. So, for environmental impacts the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is developed that already includes ...

OECD/ECMT Conference on Strategic Environmental Assessment for Transport

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 ...