Strategic Environmental Assessment for Policies An Instrument for Good Governance

by Ahmed, Kulsum; Sanchez-triana, Ernesto

• ISBN13: 9780821367629
• ISBN10: 0821367625
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-30
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
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Summary

Environmentally and socially sustainable policies are essential for good governance. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is the key tool for integrating environmental considerations into policies, programs and plans. This book focuses on SEA applied to policies. Through lessons learned from previous use of SEA on policies, it draws lessons on the strengths and weaknesses of current SEA methodology. It then goes on to analyze how policies are formulated and implemented and proposes a new conceptual framework for conducting SEA of policies that potentially could be more useful in influencing decision makers to integrate environmental sustainability considerations into policy formulation and implementation.

Table of Contents

About the Editors and Authors	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
SEA and Policy Formulation	p. 1
Evolution of SEA	p. 2
Impact-Based SEA	p. 3
Applying SEA to Policies	p. 5
Toward an "Institution-Centered" SEA Approach	p. 6
Notes	p. 8
References	p. 9
Policy-Level Strategic Environmental Assessments: Process Integration and Incentives of Policy Proponents	p. 11
Case Studies	p. 12
Analysis of Case Studies	p. 21
Assessments of SEA Requirements for Policy Proposals in Canada and the Netherlands	p. 25
Conclusions	p. 30
Notes	p. 32
References	p. 34
The Continuous Process of Policy Formation	p. 37
Policy Formation as Decision Making	p. 38
Policy Formation as a Continuous Process	p. 47
Conclusion	p. 55
Note	p. 56
References	p. 56
Toward Environmental Priority Setting in Development	p. 61
Background	p. 62
Comparative Risk Analysis	p. 65
Economic Damage Assessment	p. 78
Conclusions	p. 86
Notes	p. 88
References	p. 89
Bibliography	p. 91
Giving the Most Vulnerable a Voice	p. 95
Why the Vulnerable Should Be Involved in Policy Formulation	p. 97
Definition of the Vulnerable and How They Are Affected	p. 98
Creation of an Enabling Environment in Which the Vulnerable Can Be Heard	p. 103
Entry Points for Giving Vulnerable Groups Voice	p. 104
Levels of Participation in Policy Processes	p. 106
Tools for Giving the Vulnerable Voice	p. 107
Case Studies	p. 114
Conclusions	p. 121
Notes	p. 122
References	p. 122
Building and Reinforcing Social Accountability for Improved Environmental Governance	p. 127
Definitions and Causal Linkages	p. 128
Causal Linkages	p. 131
Case Studies	p. 135
Patterns and Themes	p. 146
Conclusion	p. 151
Notes	p. 152
References	p. 155
Learning in Environmental Policy Making and Implementation	p. 159
What Is Organizational Learning?	p. 160
Framing Policy Learning	p. 163
Cases of Policy Learning	p. 164
Conclusions	p. 172
Notes	p. 175
References	p. 177
Using Strategic Environmental Assessments to Design and Implement Public Policy	p. 181
SEA for Policies	p. 184
Policy Formation and Challenges for Applying SEA	p. 185
Proposed Policy SEA Approach	p. 187
Lessons from Good Practice	p. 194
Conclusions and Future Directions	p. 198
Notes	p. 200
References	p. 202
Index	p. 207
Box
Impact-Based SEA Procedures	p. 4
Figures
Spectrum of Decision-Making Models	p. 39
Continuous Policy Process	p. 51
Continuous Policy Process: Green Forest	p. 54
Benefits of Participation and Consultation in Policy Formulation	p. 97
Flowchart of Participatory Policy Processes	p. 106
How Tools Fit into the Participatory Policy Cycle	p. 112
Policy Making as a Linear Process	p. 132
The Policy-Making Process as It Actually Works	p. 132
PROPER II Annual Cycle	p. 141
Environmental Policy-Making Process for Air Pollution Abatement in Delhi	p. 148
Environmental Policy-Making Process Under Indonesia's PROPER II Program	p. 149
Policy Learning as a Technical, Conceptual, and Social Process	p. 165
The Three Pillars of Institution-Centered SEA	p. 183
Tables
Examples of SEAs for Policies	p. 5
Integration of SEA into Policy Making	p. 22
Level of Integration of SEAs in Case Studies	p. 22
Similarities between Rational Decision-Making Model and Strategic Evaluation Assessment	p. 40
Comparison of International Comparative Risk Analyses	p. 69
Health Risk Rankings in Selected Comparative Risk Analyses	p. 72
Measured Costs of Environmental Degradation in Selected Countries	p. 82
Damage from Indoor and Outdoor Pollution in Selected Countries	p. 84
Tools for Participation in Policy Processes	p. 108
Accountability, Transparency, and Long-Term Constituencies in Two Case Studies	p. 146
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