Implementing Strategic Environmental Assessment - Schmidt, Michael; Joao, Elsa.; Albrecht, Eike.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
Key Principles of SEA -- Purpose and Background of the European SEA Directive -- Legal Context of the SEA Directive - Links with other Legislation and Key Procedures -- Transposition of the SEA Directive into National Law - Challenges and Possibilities -- Some Legal Problems of Implementing the SEA Directive into Member States' Legal Systems -- Current SEA Practice in England -- Implementing SEA in Germany -- Implementing SEA in Italy - The Case of the Emilia Romagna Region -- First Experiences with Implementing SEA Legislation in Flanders (Belgium) -- Implementing SEA in Austria -- Implementing SEA in Finland - Further Development of Existing Practice -- Problems of a Minimalist Implementation of SEA - The Case of Sweden -- National Strategy for the Implementation of SEA in the Czech Republic -- Developments of SEA in Poland -- Experiences with SEA in Latvia -- Implementing SEA in Estonia -- Improved Decision-Making through SEA - Expectations and Results in the United States -- SEA in Canada -- SEA of Plan Objectives and Policies to Promote Sustainability in New Zealand -- The Need for SEA in Kenya -- SEA for Water Resource Management in Ghana -- SEA in Ukraine -- Importance of SEA in China - The Case of Three Gorges Dam Project -- Tools for SEA -- Methodological Approaches to SEA within the Decision-Making Process -- Strategic Level Cumulative Impact Assessment -- Handling Transboundary Cumulative Impacts in SEA -- Cultural Integrity as a Criterion of SEA -- Requirements and Methods for Public Participation in SEA -- Public Participation for SEA in a Transboundary Context -- Developing Quantitative SEA Indicators Using a Thermodynamic Approach -- A Structural and Functional Strategy Analysis for SEA -- Soil Resources and SEA -- Towards the Implementation of SEA - Learning from EIA for Water Resources -- Links between the Water Framework Directive and SEA -- Assessing Biodiversity in SEA -- Biodiversity Programmes on Global, European and National Levels Related to SEA -- Co-ordination of SEA and Landscape Planning -- Urban Planning and SEA -- SEA in Transport Planning in Germany -- SEA for Agricultural Programmes in the EU -- SEA of Waste Management Plans - An Austrian Case Study -- Mining Industry and SEA - An Example in Turkey -- Capacity-Building and SEA -- A Critique of SEA from the Point of View of the German Industry -- Best Practice Use of SEA - Industry, Energy and Sustainable Development -- SEA Outlook - Future Challenges and Possibilities.
Keywords: Environmental law; Environmental policy; International environmental law; Environmental economics; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; International Environmental Law; Environmental Economics