'A wonderfully international and up-to-date perspective on
strategic environmental assessment of land use plans by leading
experts in the field. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Land
Use Planning covers not only how much such SEAs are carried out and
in what context, but whether they are effective and why. It
provides invaluable insights for practitioners and researchers in
this rapidy evolving field' Riki Therivel, author of Strategic
Environmental Assessment in Action Strategic Environmental
Assessment and Land Use Planning provides an authoritative,
international evaluation of the SEA of land use plans. The editors
place the SEA of land use plans in context, and uniquely qualified
contributors then evaluate systems in Canada, Denmark, Germany,
Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand,
Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United
States and the World Bank. These chapters provide a description of
the context in each country, a case study of the use of SEA in land
use planning and an evaluation of each SEA system against a set of
generic criteria specially designed to anlayse different aspects of
SEA. The contributors critically review each SEA system, SEA
process and SEA outcome, and conclude by summarizing their
findings. The editors draw the various national perspectives
together in a final chapter and derive widely applicable
conclusions about SEA and land use planning. This book is a core
text for all students in environmental assessment, land use
planning, environmental science, environmental management,
development studies, geography, landscape design and law and
engineering. It is also essential reading for all governments and
environmental regulators, academics, researchers and environmental
and planning consultants worldwide who are involvedin SEA research,
practice and training.
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