Handbook on Strategic Environmental Assessment

Research Handbooks on Impact Assessment series

由托马斯·b·菲舍尔编辑环境Assessment and Management Research Centre, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK and Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North West University, South Africa and Ainhoa González, School of Geography, University College Dublin and the Earth Institute, Ireland

This comprehensive Handbook shows how Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), an important decision support tool for strategies, policies, plans and programmes, is applied globally. It reflects on SEA practices and the advancements made over the past three decades in the development of SEA.

‘Rather than a procedure or a specific approach SEA is considered a toolkit or a family of tools. This fits well with the concept of “selection logic” the authors of this book suggest as a basis of an SEA theory: a concept that would allow SEA practitioners to select the best methods, processes and strategies for a given application.’
– From the Foreword by Rob Verheem, Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment

‘If you want to know what’s happening in the developed and developing world in applying Strategic Environmental Assessment, this is the definitive account. The evolving practices surrounding this important decision-making tool are ably and thoughtfully presented. In addition, the editors have done a masterful job of putting together a balanced presentation on the current “state of the art” as well as presenting a number of thoughtful observations on the development of a theory of SEA. This is the essential Handbook for teachers, students and practitioners of SEA.’
– William V. Kennedy, Director of the Office of Accountability, US International Development Finance Corporation