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First published in 1991. Japanese attitudes to pollution and
environmental protection were distinctly equivocal. The Japanese
are a nature-loving people, yet they are responsible for widespread
environmental destruction; Japan has some of the world's strictest
environmental quality standards, but the country also has some of
the world's most environmentally damaged areas. In this book the
authors present a broad and detailed analysis of policy and process
in Japan in the late twentieth century. Brendan Barrett and Riki
Therivel, who both have extensive research experience in Japan,
describe interest group participation in Japan's environmental
policy-making and give an historical review of the relationship
between economic growth and environmental problems. They look at
the framework for environmental policy-making and outline the
system for environmental management. This is complemented by a
discussion of Environmental Impact Assessment, and by live case
studies of the practical realities of EIA in Japan. With
environmental problems reaching global proportions, countries all
over the world have much to learn from the experience of Japan, and
the book will be extremely useful to national government officials,
to local planning officers responsible for EIA, and to
environmental consultants working for commercial and industrial
companies. It will also be essential reading for students of
geography, environmental studies, Japanese studies and planning
economics.
First published in 1991. Japanese attitudes to pollution and
environmental protection were distinctly equivocal. The Japanese
are a nature-loving people, yet they are responsible for widespread
environmental destruction; Japan has some of the world's strictest
environmental quality standards, but the country also has some of
the world's most environmentally damaged areas. In this book the
authors present a broad and detailed analysis of policy and process
in Japan in the late twentieth century. Brendan Barrett and Riki
Therivel, who both have extensive research experience in Japan,
describe interest group participation in Japan's environmental
policy-making and give an historical review of the relationship
between economic growth and environmental problems. They look at
the framework for environmental policy-making and outline the
system for environmental management. This is complemented by a
discussion of Environmental Impact Assessment, and by live case
studies of the practical realities of EIA in Japan. With
environmental problems reaching global proportions, countries all
over the world have much to learn from the experience of Japan, and
the book will be extremely useful to national government officials,
to local planning officers responsible for EIA, and to
environmental consultants working for commercial and industrial
companies. It will also be essential reading for students of
geography, environmental studies, Japanese studies and planning
economics.
This practical guide, written by a practitioner for practitioners,
presents a coherent and straightforward 'how-to-do-it' approach to
the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) process. Part one
provides an overview of the aims, principles, advantages and
problems of SEA as well as looking at key SEA regulations and their
requirements. Part two examines the SEA process in considerable
detail including setting the policy context, describing the
baseline, identifying alternatives, predicting and evaluating
impacts and using the SEA information in decision-making. Part
three is devoted to assuring SEA quality with a discussion of
resources and capacity building. This new edition incorporates five
years' worth of practical application of the SEA Directive and SEA
practice more broadly. Additions and updates include: the findings
of various reviews into SEA effectiveness and efficiency emerging
approaches to identifying and comparing alternatives, cumulative
impacts, the likely future baseline without the plan, documenting
changes made to the plan in response to the SEA process, and
environmental limits consideration of both the 'baseline-led' and
the 'objectives-led' approach to SEA, and the two approaches'
advantages and disadvantages SEA's links to 'appropriate
assessment' of plans under the European Habitats Directive.
Employing a host of real-life case studies and examples, each
chapter presents a range of techniques and discusses what the final
product should look like. Appendices provide a wealth of additional
information including text of the SEA Directive and the UNECE
Protocol on SEA, and a 'toolkit' of SEA techniques. The approach
and techniques in Strategic Environmental Assessment in Action are
useful for anyone carrying out or studying SEA at any level, from
policy to programme, international to local, but particularly for
practitioners responsible for implementing the SEA Directive.
A comprehensive, clearly structured and readable overview of the
subject, Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment has
established itself as the leading introduction to EIA worldwide.
This fifth edition is a major update reflecting many significant
changes in EIA procedures, process, practice and prospects over the
last decade. In particular, it includes: a much more international
dimension, drawing on EIA activities worldwide; an up-to-date
coverage of the revised EU EIA Directive and its implementation;
the associated update of contemporary UK procedures and practice;
best practice on evolving methods in the EIA process; a rich array
of UK and many international case studies; a new coverage of
emerging EIA impact topics, including equality/deprivation;
culture; resettlement; climate change; ecosystem services; and
risk, resilience and cumulative impacts; an appraisal of some next
steps in the EIA process, including a more effective and
proportionate EIA; the impact of technological change; the changing
interpretation of the project; project implementation, monitoring
and adaptive management; and moves towards a more integrated impact
assessment. Together, these topics act as a kind of action list for
future EIA; the development of SEA legislation and practice in the
UK, EU and worldwide; and a set of appendices containing key
legislation and an EIS review framework. It is also makes full use
of colour illustrations and chapter questions for discussion.
Written by two authors with extensive research, training and
consultancy experience of EIA, this book brings together the most
up-to-date information from many sources. Introduction to
Environmental Impact Assessment 5th Edition provides a complete,
and critical, introductory text that also supports further studies.
Students in undergraduate and postgraduate planning programmes will
find it essential as a course text, as will students of
environmental management/policy, environmental sciences/studies,
geography and built environment. Key stakeholders involved in
assessment activities - planners, developers, community groups,
pressure groups and decision-makers in government and business -
will also welcome this latest edition as a very effective means of
getting to grips with the many facets of this important and
evolving subject that affects a widening range of development
projects.
Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) is an important
and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development
project. Delivering a successful ESIA needs not only an
understanding of the theory but also a detailed knowledge of the
methods for carrying out the processes required. Riki Therivel and
Graham Wood bring together the latest advice on best practice from
experienced practitioners to ensure an ESIA is carried out
effectively and efficiently. This new edition: * explains how an
ESIA works and how it should be carried out * demonstrates the
links between socio-economic, cultural, environmental and
ecological systems and assessments * incorporates the World Bank's
IFC performance standards, and best practice examples from
developing as well as developed countries * includes new chapters
on emerging ESIA topics such as climate change, ecosystem services,
cultural impacts, resource efficiency, land acquisition and
involuntary resettlement. Invaluable to undergraduate and MSc
students of ESIA on planning, ecology, geography and environment
courses, this internationally oriented fourth edition of Methods of
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment is also of great use to
planners, ESIA practitioners and professionals seeking to update
their skills.
The practical application of strategic environmental assessment
(SEA) is becoming increasingly common. A growing number of SEAs are
being undertaken around the world, and several countries have
issued guidance on how these should be carried out. However, few
countries as yet have formal SEA regulations, and few completed
SEAs have demonstrated all the elements of current best practice.
The Practice of Strategic Environmental Assessment aims to provide
a unique analysis of SEAs which have been undertaken, drawing on a
variety of methods and circumstances to illustrate how best
practice can be achieved, and providing inspiration for those
considering studying, commission or carrying out an SEA. Part I
sets the rest of the book in context, giving a review of
international SEA guidance and regulations, and discussing models
and methodologies. Part II then analyses a comprehensive set of
case studies from countries which have extensive experience in SEA,
or which provide particularly good examples. The case studies are
discussed in three sections ? sectoral SEAs, SEAs of land-use plans
and SEAs of policies ? and provide examples of different scales and
approaches, as well as country-specific experience. The final
chapter draws out some constraints to effective SEA, as well as
positive themes which show how effective SEA can contribute to
wider environmental assessment. Written by an international team of
SEA practitioners and experts, this volume will be of particular
use to students of environmental policy and management,
environmental consultants, local authorities, policy-makers and
anyone involved in the commissioning, process or review of SEAs.
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a new approach to
environmental assessment, global in scope, which considers the
environmental impacts of policies, plans and programmes. It is
already in use in a number of countries and is rapidly being
adopted by those involved with environmental management and
regulation, including governments, official and voluntary sector
agencies, academic courses and consultancies. This text defines and
analyzes SEA within the overall context of environmental
assessment. It introduces and reviews the current state of SEA,
evaluates its application in a number of countries with a range of
detailed case studies, provides a critique of its techniques and an
analysis of its importance for the future.
The practical application of strategic environmental assessment
(SEA) is becoming increasingly common. A growing number of SEAs are
being undertaken around the world, and several countries have
issued guidance on how these should be carried out. However, few
countries as yet have formal SEA regulations, and few completed
SEAs have demonstrated all the elements of current best practice.
The Practice of Strategic Environmental Assessment aims to provide
a unique analysis of SEAs which have been undertaken, drawing on a
variety of methods and circumstances to illustrate how best
practice can be achieved, and providing inspiration for those
considering studying, commission or carrying out an SEA. Part I
sets the rest of the book in context, giving a review of
international SEA guidance and regulations, and discussing models
and methodologies. Part II then analyses a comprehensive set of
case studies from countries which have extensive experience in SEA,
or which provide particularly good examples. The case studies are
discussed in three sections ? sectoral SEAs, SEAs of land-use plans
and SEAs of policies ? and provide examples of different scales and
approaches, as well as country-specific experience. The final
chapter draws out some constraints to effective SEA, as well as
positive themes which show how effective SEA can contribute to
wider environmental assessment. Written by an international team of
SEA practitioners and experts, this volume will be of particular
use to students of environmental policy and management,
environmental consultants, local authorities, policy-makers and
anyone involved in the commissioning, process or review of SEAs.
Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) is an important
and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development
project. Delivering a successful ESIA needs not only an
understanding of the theory but also a detailed knowledge of the
methods for carrying out the processes required. Riki Therivel and
Graham Wood bring together the latest advice on best practice from
experienced practitioners to ensure an ESIA is carried out
effectively and efficiently. This new edition: * explains how an
ESIA works and how it should be carried out * demonstrates the
links between socio-economic, cultural, environmental and
ecological systems and assessments * incorporates the World Bank's
IFC performance standards, and best practice examples from
developing as well as developed countries * includes new chapters
on emerging ESIA topics such as climate change, ecosystem services,
cultural impacts, resource efficiency, land acquisition and
involuntary resettlement. Invaluable to undergraduate and MSc
students of ESIA on planning, ecology, geography and environment
courses, this internationally oriented fourth edition of Methods of
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment is also of great use to
planners, ESIA practitioners and professionals seeking to update
their skills.
A comprehensive, clearly structured and readable overview of the
subject, Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment has
established itself as the leading introduction to EIA worldwide.
This fifth edition is a major update reflecting many significant
changes in EIA procedures, process, practice and prospects over the
last decade. In particular, it includes: a much more international
dimension, drawing on EIA activities worldwide; an up-to-date
coverage of the revised EU EIA Directive and its implementation;
the associated update of contemporary UK procedures and practice;
best practice on evolving methods in the EIA process; a rich array
of UK and many international case studies; a new coverage of
emerging EIA impact topics, including equality/deprivation;
culture; resettlement; climate change; ecosystem services; and
risk, resilience and cumulative impacts; an appraisal of some next
steps in the EIA process, including a more effective and
proportionate EIA; the impact of technological change; the changing
interpretation of the project; project implementation, monitoring
and adaptive management; and moves towards a more integrated impact
assessment. Together, these topics act as a kind of action list for
future EIA; the development of SEA legislation and practice in the
UK, EU and worldwide; and a set of appendices containing key
legislation and an EIS review framework. It is also makes full use
of colour illustrations and chapter questions for discussion.
Written by two authors with extensive research, training and
consultancy experience of EIA, this book brings together the most
up-to-date information from many sources. Introduction to
Environmental Impact Assessment 5th Edition provides a complete,
and critical, introductory text that also supports further studies.
Students in undergraduate and postgraduate planning programmes will
find it essential as a course text, as will students of
environmental management/policy, environmental sciences/studies,
geography and built environment. Key stakeholders involved in
assessment activities - planners, developers, community groups,
pressure groups and decision-makers in government and business -
will also welcome this latest edition as a very effective means of
getting to grips with the many facets of this important and
evolving subject that affects a widening range of development
projects.
This practical guide, written by a practitioner for practitioners,
presents a coherent and straightforward 'how-to-do-it' approach to
the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) process. Part one
provides an overview of the aims, principles, advantages and
problems of SEA as well as looking at key SEA regulations and their
requirements. Part two examines the SEA process in considerable
detail including setting the policy context, describing the
baseline, identifying alternatives, predicting and evaluating
impacts and using the SEA information in decision-making. Part
three is devoted to assuring SEA quality with a discussion of
resources and capacity building. This new edition incorporates five
years' worth of practical application of the SEA Directive and SEA
practice more broadly. Additions and updates include: the findings
of various reviews into SEA effectiveness and efficiency emerging
approaches to identifying and comparing alternatives, cumulative
impacts, the likely future baseline without the plan, documenting
changes made to the plan in response to the SEA process, and
environmental limits consideration of both the 'baseline-led' and
the 'objectives-led' approach to SEA, and the two approaches'
advantages and disadvantages SEA's links to 'appropriate
assessment' of plans under the European Habitats Directive.
Employing a host of real-life case studies and examples, each
chapter presents a range of techniques and discusses what the final
product should look like. Appendices provide a wealth of additional
information including text of the SEA Directive and the UNECE
Protocol on SEA, and a 'toolkit' of SEA techniques. The approach
and techniques in Strategic Environmental Assessment in Action are
useful for anyone carrying out or studying SEA at any level, from
policy to programme, international to local, but particularly for
practitioners responsible for implementing the SEA Directive.
The practical application of strategic environmental assessment -
the environmental assessment of policies, plans and programs - is
becoming increasingly common. Whilst few countries have formal SEA
regulations yet, a number of them have now issued guidance on how
SEAs should be carried out, and a growing number of ad hoc
assessments are being undertaken around the world.This book shows
how SEA has been implemented over the last few years. Using
detailed international case studies, it shows how best practice can
be achieved, and how to most effectively carry out the various
elements of SEAs. The first part of the book sets the context, with
an international review of SEA regulations and guidance, and a
discussion of SEA models and methodologies. Part two comprises case
studies from those countries which have considerable experience, or
particularly good examples of successful SEA. The case studies
illustrate different scales and approaches to SEA, and are
organised into four sections: sectoral SEAs; SEAs of landuse plans
and policy SEA. The book closes with a discussion of the issues
identified in the case-studies as being constraints to an effective
SEA process, and of the positive learning points on how SEA can
contribute to the increased effectiveness of environmental
assessment.Clearly written by an international team of SEA
practitioners and experts, this unique selection of case studies
will be particularly suitable for anyone commissioning, carrying
out or reviewing SEAs, as well as students of environmental
assessment and management.
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