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 analyse 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.

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes

x

List of Contributors

xiii

Acknowledgements

xvii

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

xviii

Introduction

1

(13)

Carys Jones

Mark Baker

Jeremy Carter

Stephen Jay

Michael Short

Christopher Wood

Sustainable development

1

(3)

Land use planning

4

(2)

SEA

6

(1)

SEA and land use planning

7

(1)

Evaluating the SEA of land use plans

8

(3)

Structure of the book

11

(3)

SEA: an Overview

14

(14)

Carys Jones

Mark Baker

Jeremy Carter

Stephen Jay

Michael Short

Christopher Wood

Introduction

14

(1)

The evolution of SEA

14

(1)

The European SEA Directive

15

(3)

The SEA process

18

(2)

SEA of land use plans: opportunities

20

(3)

SEA of land use plans: constraints

23

(5)

Evaluating the SEA of Land Use Plans

28

(16)

Carys Jones

Mark Baker

Jeremy Carter

Stephen Jay

Michael Short

Christopher Wood

Introduction

28

(1)

System criteria

29

(3)

Process criteria

32

(5)

Outcome criteria

37

(2)

Conclusion

39

(5)

Canada

44

(19)

Barry Sadler

Introduction

44

(1)

Context

45

(4)

Case study: British Columbia offshore oil and gas development

49

(3)

SEA system: the institutional framework

52

(3)

SEA process and methodology

55

(2)

SEA outcome and products

57

(1)

Conclusion

58

(5)

Denmark

63

(16)

Bo Elling

Introduction

63

(1)

Context

63

(3)

Case studies

66

(4)

SEA system

70

(1)

SEA process

71

(2)

SEA outcome

73

(2)

Conclusion

75

(4)

Germany

79

(18)

Thomas B. Fischer

Introduction

79

(1)

Context

80

(2)

SEA system

82

(2)

SEA process

84

(3)

SEA outcome

87

(2)

Case study: Nauen landscape plan

89

(1)

Conclusion

90

(7)

Hong Kong

97

(18)

Elvis Au

Kin Che Lam

Introduction

97

(1)

Context

97

(2)

Case study: Hong Kong Territorial Development Strategy Review

99

(5)

SEA system

104

(2)

SEA process

106

(2)

SEA outcome

108

(2)

Conclusion

110

(5)

Hungary

115

(15)

Aleg Cherp

Gabor Szarvas

Introduction

115

(1)

Context

115

(3)

Case studies

118

(3)

SEA system

121

(2)

SEA process

123

(1)

SEA outcome

124

(1)

Conclusion

125

(5)

Ireland

130

(16)

Paul Scott

Introduction

130

(1)

Context

130

(4)

Case study: Dublin Docklands Master Plan SEA

134

(1)

SEA system

134

(4)

SEA process

138

(3)

SEA outcome

141

(1)

Conclusion

142

(4)

The Netherlands

146

(13)

Wil Thissen

Rob van der Heijden

Introduction

146

(1)

Context

147

(2)

Case study: spatial strategy plan for North Holland -- south

149

(1)

SEA system

150

(2)

SEA process

152

(2)

SEA outcome

154

(1)

Conclusion

155

(4)

New Zealand

159

(15)

Jennifer Dixon

Introduction

159

(1)

Context

160

(3)

Case study: South West Christchurch

163

(1)

SEA system

164

(3)

SEA process

167

(3)

Conclusion

170

(4)

Portugal

174

(14)

Maria Rosario Partidario

Introduction

174

(1)

Context

175

(4)

Case study: national guidance on SEA methodology

179

(3)

SEA system

182

(1)

SEA process

182

(1)

SEA outcome

183

(1)

Conclusion

184

(4)

South Africa

188

(18)

Nigel Rossouw

Francois Retief

Introduction

188

(1)

Context

189

(3)

SEA system

192

(2)

SEA process

194

(2)

Case studies

196

(4)

SEA outcome

200

(1)

Conclusion

200

(6)

Sweden

206

(17)

Tuija Hilding-Rydevik

Monica L. C. Fundingsland

Introduction

206

(1)

Context

207

(2)

Case study: Greater Stockholm Regional Plan 2000

209

(1)

SEA system

209

(4)

SEA process

213

(3)

SEA outcome

216

(1)

Conclusion

217

(6)

United Kingdom

223

(19)

Carys Jones

Mark Baker

Jeremy Carter

Stephen Jay

Michael Short

Christopher Wood

Introduction

223

(1)

Context

223

(3)

Case study: Sefton Council environmental and sustainability appraisals

226

(2)

SEA system

228

(4)

SEA process

232

(4)

SEA outcome

236

(1)

Conclusion

237

(5)

United States

242

(19)

Ron Bass

Introduction

242

(1)

Context

243

(2)

SEA system

245

(6)

SEA process

251

(3)

Case study: NPS Yosemite Valley Plan and EIS

254

(2)

SEA outcome

256

(1)

Conclusion

257

(4)

World Bank

261

(14)

Jean-Roger Mercier

Kulsum Ahmed

Introduction

261

(1)

Policy context

262

(3)

Case studies

265

(1)

SEA system

266

(3)

SEA process

269

(1)

SEA outcome

270

(1)

Conclusion

271

(4)

Conclusion

275

(14)

Carys Jones

Mark Baker

Jeremy Carter

Stephen Jay

Michael Short

Christopher Wood

Introduction

275

(1)

Context

275

(2)

Case studies

277

(1)

SEA systems

278

(3)

SEA processes

281

(3)

SEA outcomes

284

(1)

Future developments in SEA

285

(4)

Index

289

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